This was dramatically more true of Python when he wrote it than presently. FWIW, I've recently been using Python for a job and find it deeply unsatisfying. I'

This was dramatically more true of Python when he wrote it than presently. FWIW, I've recently been using Python for a job and find it deeply unsatisfying. I'm inclined to think that current-gen Java may well be better; the last time I used Java in anger it was basically a different language. Though to be fair, truly modern Python is also a bit different than what I've been working in.