[ILUG] introduction to programming

[Sean O'Donnell]

>One thing that put me off python, when I had a 5 second cursory make or
>break look at the language was that it didn't really seem to encourage
>scoping and indentation..

Try Looking for 10 seconds next time, the indentation is part of the syntax.
To start a block you indent.

if x > 5:
	x+=1
x+=2

so the x+=1 is the block belonging to the if statement, and x+=2 is a
separate
statement run regardless of if statement. You cant write python code without
indenting. How much more encouragement do you want?

Sean