No, precisely the opposite: it is because I have tons of experience with many other languages. I get why some people think a default integer division is a good

No, precisely the opposite: it is because I have tons of experience with many other languages. I get why some people think a default integer division is a good idea. I do. Having said that, it was clear that Python was aiming itself at being a kind of glue language wherein various functions were obvious, and integer division is not obvious to someone picking up programming for the first time. If I walk up to someone and ask "What's three divided by two?" I would expect more "One and a half" answers than "Two goes into three just the one time."