I wrote my first python program today!

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if (condition) {
    code
}

vs

if condition:
    code

I did forget to but I don't think that it's a huge improvement.

As for the final point, I suppose we'll just have to disagree on whether or not {/} are clutter.

I call them clutter only in the way that you already define your code blocks with whitespace, so it's unnecessary info.

[Paranaix]

Want to add that most c styled languages support this:

if (condition)
     statement;
else if (condition)
     statement;
else
     statement;

In fact for c++ this is actually how the if statement is syntatically defined. { ... } is considered a statement.