Re^2: A good way to input data into a script w/o an SQL database

I try to avoid any programming tool which uses and counts spaces as part of the code. I find space-counting (space is the only invisible ASCII character > 31) irritating. I detest these products, personally, as I was never fan of the de Sade inflection. Memo-to-self: create a format which utilises the audible bell instead of space. Hey! why not backspace?

Thanks for making me laugh. :) Some tools I suspect you'd try to avoid:

Python - for its significant indentation
make - earned a dishonourable mention at On Interfaces and APIs for decreeing the actions of a rule must start with a tab
Whitespace (programming language)
Acme::Bleach - appeared two years before the Whitespace programming language ... so I think TheDamian was the first!

Other examples welcome.

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Re^3: A good way to input data into a script w/o an SQL database by bliako (Abbot) on Sep 12, 2023 at 14:28 UTC
Apropos `make`'s idiosyngracy, I stand *nix-biased because I respected that rule since the beginning. I never complained about it! And to be frank, I have rarely been bitten by it and the remedy was painless. I guess, for me, idiosyngracies like this can be tolerated if the coding is super complicated (the logic or the language) and counting spaces allows you some time to subconsciously contemplate your code. In fact, it can be an advantage. Here is a field for research. Reading your linked On Interfaces and APIs I realised I had forgotten to mention XML. All is well. I can safely leave out that bureaucratic invention and admit it in the hall of fame as a rare example of the format being lengthier than the content. bw, bliako	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: A good way to input data into a script w/o an SQL database by Bod (Parson) on Sep 12, 2023 at 21:59 UTC
Some tools I suspect you'd try to avoid...Python... I would... But perhaps not for the reason you suggested!	[reply]