What is unique about Python?

[Alex Martelli]

gsteff <greg.steffensen at gmail.com> wrote:
   ...
> that's not really what I'm looking for.  So I'm wondering, what is
> innovative about Python, 

The letter 'y'.  Before Python, it was woefully underused in the names
of programming languages.  Now, of course, there's also Ruby, but then
we know Ruby did get some ideas from Python (and the letter 'y' is one
of them).


Alex