Well in Perl there is... warn("foo") In Python you have to at least: - remember not to forget to import sys - remember the file= syntax for the print stateme

Well in Perl there is... warn("foo") In Python you have to at least: - remember not to forget to import sys - remember the file= syntax for the print statement - type about 10 extra characters Bunch of annoying stuff when you are hurriedly debugging something...