There are probably 10-15 things that really bother me about python, but none of them are in this list. This list is really pretty darn awful. My biggest issue

There are probably 10-15 things that really bother me about python, but none of them are in this list. This list is really pretty darn awful. My biggest issue with python is its stupid tendency toward imperative programming in the standard library. For an instance of this irritation, try running python, then executing dir(<any object you pick>). Then, try dir(<obj>).sort . Notice anything? Yeah, the f'er sorted it in place, and didn't return anything. Nice job, library. I once tweeted that python was a c programmers version of lisp, and ruby is a lisp programmers version of c, and the more time I spend working with both languages, the more I am convinced of the truthfulness of this statement.