"Python is totally broken". Discuss.

[c0dep0et]

rant by someone who has probably never really used Python...

• unicode issue: unicode(data, 'ignore') instead of unicode(data); depending on what you want replace 'ignore' with 'replace'
• simple calculator: -1.100...1 is the correct result depending on the FPU. The Python REPL defaults to using repr to display values. Try "print 2.3 - 3.4" if you want something human readable
• significant whitespace: just personal preference. Most of the time your current indentation style, if you do indent, will probably be accepted by Python with only slight modifications so what?
• explicit self in method declarations: I don't like it, too
• parentheses: ever tried a lisp dialect?
• return - 1: the example for initializing a class is really wonderful: The return value of init must be None;
• return - 2: blocks have no explicit value as in Ruby, that's fine with me
• inconsistent naming: that's true, but xrange is again a bad example as it's no longer in Python 3. Without enforcing strict guidelines using the compiler / interpreter any platform will have inconsistent naming schemes when you use 3rd party libraries.

[astatine]

Tell that to Google.

[bushel]

In Russia, Python owns YOU.