Back in the days, I was seeing Python basically as the anti-Perl, where "There's More Than One Way of Doing Things" is the core mantra. Sure, a for loop is a bl

Back in the days, I was seeing Python basically as the anti-Perl, where "There's More Than One Way of Doing Things" is the core mantra. Sure, a for loop is a blunt tool, but there's something to be said about not having too many different ways to approach things. Python as the new Basic. Back then, that was a unique selling point of the language for me. These days, those are quite diffrent.