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What's bad about Python?

Name: Anonymous 2005-12-21 8:09

Because I'm learning it, almost done through the tutorial, and it looks great.

Name: Anonymous 2011-07-22 14:16

Python's syntax, based on SETL language and mathematical Set Theory, is non-uniform, hard to understand and parse, compared to simplier languages, like Lisp, Smalltalk, Nial and Factor. Instead of usual "fold" and "map" functions, Python uses "set comprehension" syntax, which has an overhelmingly large collection of underlying linguistic and notational conventions, each with it's own variable binding semantics. To complicate things even more, Python uses the so called "off-side" indentation rule, also taken from a math-intensive Haskell language. This, in effect, makes Python look like an overengineered toy for math geeks.

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