> That's the reason python is an excellent general purpose language. The
> reason why python is an excellent first language, is because it
> encourages, and indeed mandates good habits, such indentation.
If indentation was that important to newbies, I'd recommend cobol.
That said, i'm tempted to, next time someone asks me for advice in
learning a language. Just out of curiousity, to see what happens.
john
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