Why is Python a good first scripting language?

[Erik Max Francis]

Paul-Michael Agapow wrote:

> There are some minor warts in Python IMHO. Of course this all depends
> on
> what you try to do with a langauge, so I can only say that it's never
> bothered me.

This is really to be expected with _any_ language, even a very well
designed one (which I would definitely say that Python qualifies).  Of
the list of things I would ideally like changed in Python, essentially
everything on the list is minor semantic stuff.  They're in fact so
minor that, if I were actually given control over Python for real, I
would be unlikely to implement any of them.

As a functioning programmer who has to use a programming language in the
real world, extensive use of one _should_ result in you noting some
things about it that might be different for your needs (of course, for
someone else whose needs are different, they might note other things
they'd change).  In the real world, Python does extremely well.

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