I agree Python isn't simple at all, but I think it does have a kind of surface simplicity that its culture reinforces. 'one obvious way', etc. Or to put it an

I agree Python isn't simple at all, but I think it does have a kind of surface simplicity that its culture reinforces. 'one obvious way', etc. Or to put it another way its a language you can do a lot with without caring too much about details. Or to put it another way still you can go a long way with Python, Stack Overflow, and a bit of copy and paste.