> Ridiculous scoping rules That's fair, but Python definitely causes its share of confusion there as well. If anything, Perl's scoping (in modern perl5 with wa

> Ridiculous scoping rules That's fair, but Python definitely causes its share of confusion there as well. If anything, Perl's scoping (in modern perl5 with warnings and strict) is one of the nicest I've had the pleasure of working with in a scripting language: closures Just Work (tm), and having the choice of dynamic scopes when you need them is quite powerful.