It's true that Python programmers don't often hack builtins, but they still do things which aren't possible in Java. For example: imports inside functions inst

It's true that Python programmers don't often hack builtins, but they still do things which aren't possible in Java. For example: imports inside functions instead of at the top of the file (because the import does work, but the configuration hasn't been set up yet). An example of this is an internal package at my workplace which makes a external service request at import time.