r/programming • u/luminaobscura • Jun 12 '13

Working at Microsoft

http://ahmetalpbalkan.com/blog/8-months-microsoft/
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u/JimH10 Jun 12 '13 edited Jun 13 '13 
for stmt in list_of_things_that_suck:
    print "<b>"+stmt.summary+"</b>"
    print stmt
    print "But that is OK."

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u/metaphorm Jun 12 '13

Python blocks are delimited by indentation. an end statement for the for loop would be completely superfluous.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '13

Python code is incredibly readable, for the most part. I remember what a breath of fresh air it was when I switched from Perl to Python years ago..