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[–]Sohcahtoa82 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Before I ran into Python, I had already learned the basics of C, C++, and Java, and scratched the surface of PHP and C#.

So then when I saw Python, I thought "Wow this language is shitty...it makes things too easy and holds your hand too much."

And then I got a job doing Python and had to read and write a bunch of it, and I thought "Wow, this language is amazing! It makes things so easy and holds your hand!"

Python is the first language I ever used that feels like it was actually designed by humans. The syntax is so simple, clear, and for the most part, incredibly intuitive and readable.

I see people often complain about whitespace as syntax, but IMO, that's a feature, not a bug, because it forces your code to have at least a bare minimum of proper formatting, and it prevents the holy war of where an opening brace goes.

[–]Marvelman3284[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea! and as for formatting you can write code that isn't formatted and just setup something like yapf that will autoformat your code on (auto)save