I’ve seen this so many times, and thought about writing about it. Today I found some code that is too good an example to let it go. I’m talking about the refusal some people have to using the continue statement.
Today I released the Python Flickr API version 1.2. Originally the Python interface was made by Beej, and since it’s seen many an improvement. Here’s what’s new in this version:
Fallout 3 is my latest addiction. It’s a great game by the makers of Oblivion. Part of the game is the hacking of computer terminals. It is basically a Master Mind game, but then with letters.
Sometimes Java just amazes me. As a friend of mine posted, Java does not support Unicode. Of course, my favourite language Python has a much friendlier approach to Unicode:
>>> s = '⿱𠂉乙'.
One of the major reasons my company prefers Java over Python, is Java’s static type declarations (and all the benefits that follow). If only Python had that, my life would be so much nicer.
UPDATE 2019: The articles below have been taken offline.
The articles below are about Java, but I think they apply equally well to other languages that have exception handling. It would be nice if more were to read those articles.