Zen of Python

[Paul Rubin]

Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> writes:
> Python's basic list type is a flat vector instead of a
> recursively-defined S-expression, and that there's no direct way to
> break out of a containing loop from a nested loop.

Huh?  [1,2,[3,4,5],[6,[[[[7]],8]]]] is a perfectly valid Python list.
And you can break out of a containing loop from a nested loop with
try/raise.  

More troublesome is not being able to see a variable in a containing
scope from a nested scope, unless the containing scope is the global
one.  Why bother debating lexical scope for years before deciding to
add it, only to stop halfway?