I agree the language is very readable overall but I find the whitespace based syntax less readable and practical compared to just using curly braces. Editors ca

I agree the language is very readable overall but I find the whitespace based syntax less readable and practical compared to just using curly braces. Editors can color matching pairs, let me jump between start and end of a scope, select all lines between two braces etc and all that just doesn't work in Python. Also I find it more difficult to see where a scope ends. It has upsides too and is not a huge deal but I often wonder why people prefer this so much. Imho the reason for Python's success is mainly how easy and quick it is to learn, and how little time it takes to get something running. That alone removes so much frustration and perceived effort.