I used to think this was a drawback. Then I started using Python full time four years ago. Significant white space encourages readability, and readability (IMHO

I used to think this was a drawback. Then I started using Python full time four years ago. Significant white space encourages readability, and readability (IMHO) encourages maintainability. There are a numbers of things to dislike about Python; however, after you used the language for a while, you realize significant white space isn't one of them. It is like saying lisp's parentheses are ugly: sure, you might not like them, but they are a huge reason the language (and, really, the way of thinking about code) is so powerful.