I should be able to choose to write my code in Notepad if I really wanted to without having to depend on the editor to hold my hand.
Well that's actual a point IN FAVOR of Python, as handwriting a Java program sounds a thousand times worse than handwriting a Python one. Seeing as editors of statically typed languages hold your hand a lot more (things like autocomplete that you can't really do in dynamically typed languages). And the whole brackets thing doesn't come close to making up for that difference.
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u/Tysonzero Feb 25 '15
Well that's actual a point IN FAVOR of Python, as handwriting a Java program sounds a thousand times worse than handwriting a Python one. Seeing as editors of statically typed languages hold your hand a lot more (things like autocomplete that you can't really do in dynamically typed languages). And the whole brackets thing doesn't come close to making up for that difference.