I did actually "write the book" on text processing in Python. I think it's painful and awkward, and a terrible idea.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 1:00 PM Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM Ben Rudiak-Gould <benrudiak@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a terrible idea.

Python is an excellent language for text manipulation, and text manipulation is an incredibly useful real-world operation. I don't see what you're complaining at.

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