I am aware of that, that's why I mention it (and I would add Perl and many Lisp-like languages to your list). I appreciate the path that Python took, though, be

I am aware of that, that's why I mention it (and I would add Perl and many Lisp-like languages to your list). I appreciate the path that Python took, though, because it keeps language small and orthogonal. There is lot of value in this approach, especially if you share code with someone outside of the project. > There are 2 or 3 operator long things very much worth naming I don't understand your example. But I am talking about functions that are part of the libraries (especially standard ones). How you refactor your code is a different matter.