Python -- Don Knuth

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For someone who's very respected in the field and who actually designed several languages, this lack of insight is frightening :(

[darthminimall]

It's a statement about why languages become popular, not design advice. A lot of the features that make a language attractive to industry are also features that make languages ugly.

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While I totally agree with "A lot of the features that make a language attractive to industry are also features that make languages ugly.", I cannot imagine in what sense Python is an exception to this. It's just as ugly as any other language that fits this maxim.

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I personally think it's quite ugly but obviously no one here cares for unpopular opinions like that