Not the OP but I explain it as former Java/C# programmers coming to Python for one reason or another. I’ve come to Python 20 years ago after a short stint with

Not the OP but I explain it as former Java/C# programmers coming to Python for one reason or another. I’ve come to Python 20 years ago after a short stint with PHP and I don’t really care if the incoming stuff I have to handle is a list or a tuple (let’s say) as long as it quacks and walks like the proverbial duck. More generally, you could say Python the original language is the victim of its own success (the same goes for JavaScript in relation to TypeSctipt).