How to Write More Pythonic Functions That Are a Delight to Others and IDEs

Author(s): Bex T.

Originally published on Towards AI.

Function writing is a skill — take the first step to master it

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Ever wondered why 99% of programmers write code in English? Why not in Chinese or Russian or Klingon or ancient Farsi? The reason is simple — every single line of code is written for other humans to read.

And since English is the most-widely read and listened to language in the world, programming in it increases the chances of your code being understood by more.

But why can you still not understand some functions written by others even though they are in English? Well, it has nothing to do with you — they just don’t know some of… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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