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by petepete 1433 days ago
Why do I need to remember that Saturday is 5?
4 comments
d0mine 1433 days ago 

    >>> import calendar
    >>> calendar.SATURDAY
    5
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petepete 1433 days ago
Yeah, I'll take `Date#saturday?` thanks.
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squeaky-clean 1432 days ago
¿Por qué necesito recordar que el sábado es "Saturday"?
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wiseowise 1432 days ago
Rest of the language doesn't bother you?
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unixhero 1432 days ago
Porque en ese caso no usas un IDE moderno.
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throwawaymaths 1432 days ago
Tampoco "if", "for", "while"...
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quickthrower2 1433 days ago
You are allowed to define your own constants.
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greenpeas 1433 days ago
S looks like 5 if you squint. not hard to remember
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jjgreen 1433 days ago
So Sunday?
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greenpeas 1433 days ago
No! Sunday is 6 because "Sunday" has 6 letters.
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jjgreen 1433 days ago
That's it, I'm switching to Python!
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