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> Python have a simple syntax

Python has a rather simple syntax indeed, but it has very complicated semantics. `foo.bar` - syntactically very simple expression of the attribute access has a mountain of semantics behind it.

> Given that Python and Ruby are both simple to learn and use (as users, not implementors), they are both simple by the definition given in this article.

Good remark. I still tend to disagree though. It's easy to learn and use a very small subset of the language. Not the whole language. Even then, it's practically impossible to limit yourself to a certain subset. Not if you want to use any python libraries.




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