This is similar to how I feel. Sometimes I tell people I'm a Python 1.5 guy, because that's the version I started with. I've since familiarized myself with li

This is similar to how I feel. Sometimes I tell people I'm a Python 1.5 guy, because that's the version I started with. I've since familiarized myself with list comprehensions, generators, etc. I even use decorators, though I'm still at the point where I have to find a howto and refresh some of the details each time. The print and string changes I find annoying, and I haven't gotten to async/await yet. It's not that I don't understand or appreciate these things, but they do take away a lot from Python's simplicity and intuitive readability. Those were massive strengths, so I'm not sure the tradeoff is worth it. There are already plenty of languages for those who prefer code which some would call elegant and others (including me) would call obtuse. I find myself looking more and more at Lua, which seems to embody more of the early Python spirit than modern Python itself does.