21 Oct
2016
21 Oct
'16
6:53 p.m.
At 05:01 2016-10-21, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2016-10-19 09:43, Malcolm Greene wrote:
A great use case for getting your feet wet with Python. BTW: Powershell syntax wants me to gouge my eyes out. Anyone else feel the same way?
I guess I just do not have your enthusiasm. <BEG> I just look away. Yes, I think it is ugly.
+1. It's like the UberNerds who want to obfuscate just for the "fun" of it to be UberNerds. I felt similar about RegExp.
Regexes can be great, but I resist the temptation to make long regexes. That gets in write-only code all too fast. Instead, I might use a couple of shorter ones with a bit of glue code.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko