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Original Post: Ed Heil looking at Python
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>>> "this is my string".split()
['this', 'is', 'my', 'string']
You might have had critized for the fact that len() is still
a function, but as the FAQ entry explains and as the Zen of Python
tells us: practicality beats purity. The type/class dichotomy is
being fixed too, but I don't think that was what Ed was referring
to. And the possibility to program without classes in Python, with mere
functions, was and is intentional.
As for the suggestion that Guido and the rest should have had designed
everything right in the first place, I cannot but say that I know next
to nothing about designing languages, but I found Guy Steele's essay
named Growing
a Language [pdf] an intriguing read on the subject.
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