A simple example is that people who start with Python think the list comprehension with all the colons and negative numbers is actually good instead of a hindrance. Python relies on pandas, Polars, and Pyfunctional to prop up a bad language design choice.

List comprehensions look like this:

  [f(x) for x in xs]

I think you mean the slice syntax (`xs[5:7]`). I don’t see how this is a bad design choice, though.

Take a look at F# for a superior list comprehension design.

In Java you can write multiline anonymous functions and in Python you can’t (well, not in a reasonable way).

Java has immutable bindings with the final keyword.

Java variables are lexically scoped, which discourages mutation of globals.