Spectacular Villa Aurora, which was nearly destroyed in last year’s fires, leading the recovery as Pacific Palisades emerges from a dark chapter

A hillside villa that served as a cultural hub for German writers and artists fleeing the Nazis and narrowly escaped destruction in last year’s Los Angeles wildfires reopened its doors to the public this weekend, marking the latest milestone in the city’s slow recovery from one of the darkest chapters in its history.

Hundreds of friends of the Villa Aurora, a 1920s Spanish Mediterranean house that has taken on a second life as a cultural center with a fierce commitment to artistic freedom, international dialogue and democracy, crowded into the house on Sunday to mark the resumption of speaker events and artistic residencies.

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© Photograph: Photo by Mike Kelley, Courtesy of Villa Aurora

© Photograph: Photo by Mike Kelley, Courtesy of Villa Aurora

© Photograph: Photo by Mike Kelley, Courtesy of Villa Aurora

Спор «скобочки или отступы» старше, чем некоторые из его участников. У этого спора нет судьи и нет призового фонда, но есть ветераны и есть потерянные души, которые однажды написали end в Питоне и с тех пор не могут остановиться. Выиграть этот спор невозможно: стороны спорят о вкусах, а не о свойствах. Поэтому предлагаю - давайте закончим этот спор не победой, а разоружением.

Я написал маленькую утилиту, которая переводит исходный код Python между тремя синтаксисами: классические отступы, C-подобные фигурные скобки, S-выражения в духе Лиспа. Один и тот же quicksort, три вида:

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