I think it takes bits and pieces from various languages. Python's influence is obvious: iterators, whitespace, and default values for arguments. Pascal's main

I think it takes bits and pieces from various languages. Python's influence is obvious: iterators, whitespace, and default values for arguments. Pascal's main influence seems to be type declarations and the way things are named. C-esque enumerations, strings ending in null and pointers. It does have lists/sequences, sets and tuples, but associative arrays/dictionaries seem like a major oversight.