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JAlexoid on Nov 13, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft

I disagree. Python is not inherently easy to read.

Explicitness and naming standards screw up the clarity of any code... Not to mention the complexity when you get into OOP.

andi999 on Nov 14, 2020 [–]

Also lack of switch-case statements dont help. (Workaround is either if statements or dict of functions to be called)

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