Just wanted to make a few counter-arguments: > re: it doesn't have multiple ways of declaring a function... Python does have multiple ways of declaring a fun

Just wanted to make a few counter-arguments: > re: it doesn't have multiple ways of declaring a function... Python does have multiple ways of declaring a function, the usual `def` syntax and via `lambda`. Lambdas are restricted to one line (due to Python's whitespace sensitivity), which can be inconvenient (but hey at least no one can abuse it right?). Python functions also have a scoping gotcha: you can read the variables in the outer scope, but if you write to it (without declaring it as nonlocal) it actually treats that as a separate variable declaration (this is due to its assignment syntax). > re: Python's datatypes are straight forward... While Python's type system is nowhere as lenient as JavaScript's, there is at least one unexpected case which works: `True + 1` produces as valid result (2). Also, having to explicitly cast non-strings is rather inconvenient when concatenating stuff to produce a string (even Java doesn't require this). Thankfully, Python has a decent string formatting function built-in. > re: 9999999999999999 is precisely 9999999999999999 It'll still fail if those are floating points. Yes, I am aware that Python has decimal and rational types in its standard library. My point is, no matter what language it is, programmers need to be aware of the data types and data structures they are dealing with. FWIW, I don't think JS is better (or worse) than Python (as long as we're talking about "modern" JS with modules). Python also has its fair share of major issues, notably v2 vs v3, which is slowly becoming a non-issue as everyone (finally!) migrates to 3.