Re: The Law of Inconsistent Assumptions

[Corion]

Just a note - I prefer the sprintf-style notation of string interpolation in Python, but there are also other, less cumbersome ways:

print "Hello",foo,"." # not quite the same output but close enough

print "Hello %s." % (foo) # printf-style interpolation

Manually concatenating strings is soo low-level :-)

[SpanishInquisition]

Obligatory Ruby example:

puts "This post was brought to you by the number #{ x + 75 / y} and th
+e letter #{q}";

Arbitrary code execution, variables, anything.

If you want printf, Perl has a nicer printf than the example Python syntax. Why? It looks like printf and is therefore nice and short :)

Regardless, a language is not about keystrokes, it's about style. Python is too wordy for me, and not automagical enough.