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I use it (full-time for 8 years) because of the syntax and the forced use of white space. The language encourages people to write better and more maintainable

I use it (full-time for 8 years) because of the syntax and the forced use of white space. The language encourages people to write better and more maintainable code. Out of interest, what language are you using that you prefer the syntax of? Python is notoriously similar to pseudocode, and I can't think of a mainstream language (other than Ruby) that even seems to care about syntax.

IndianAstronaut 12y ago
>The language encourages people to write better and more maintainable code. Python lowers the barrier to entry for programming. Nowadays lots of business analyst types and such are getting into programming because of Python. As a result I have seen some horrendous looking Python code out there which performs quite poorly.