<div dir="auto"><div>I just want to point ONE thing out:<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 9, 2017 11:18 PM, "Simon Lovell" <<a href="mailto:simon58500@bigpond.com">simon58500@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
* General comment: I posted this because Googling didn't give me a satisfactory answer to why Python is the way that it is. I think I see it now. Guido hates keywords. I don't find this particularly logical but it is what it is and it also isn't going to change. That seems also to explain the else keyword at the end of the while loop.<br><div class="elided-text"></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">No, it's because every new keyword that you add has the potential to break code that uses that as a variable name. Python is used by thousands of places across the globe right now. It would be suicidal to break half of that because someone felt the need for a new keyword.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I feel like there are two things you're missing:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1. The stark majority of the "review" you made is taking about stuff that simply isn't going to change. Again, too much code to break.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2. The entirety of the "review" is your opinion. You may love the `end` keyword and enjoy using it (for some reason), but that doesn't mean it's *objectively* better. It just means it's better for you. Python is the way it is because that's the way it is, and we like it that way.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="elided-text"><br>
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