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		mixmastamyk on July 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python and the Principle of Least Astonishment Guido on the subject: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-November/0... tldr - He thought it more intuitive.

julian37 on July 10, 2011 [–]

Very interesting, thanks for the link! I don't feel like arguing with the father of the language and this story is already on its way out of the HN front page so I'll leave it at that. If anything it's comforting to know that such a core language feature didn't come about by accident.

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