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atombender on April 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Four days of Go

Python's whitespace has arguably produced metric tons of heated discussion on the net since Python's inception. Back in the day it was often the main thing outsiders (jwz comes to mind) rejected.

JulianMorrison on April 23, 2015 [–]

That and also, that Python has a very Go-like attitude of "do it our way, no, your way has been disabled, our way is the only way."

Arguably, that also explains its success.

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