[mercer]

> Python has all sorts of sharp corners

Could you elaborate on that? I've used more Ruby than Python, and I'm aware of the fact that it's often more 'pleasant', but I'm very curious what you can tell me about Python's sharp corners, because even without using it I've been very attracted to the 'explicit over implicit' mantra after being bitten quite a few times by Ruby's ease (quote unquote, perhaps?).

(As in, so far Ruby feels like a good choice in general, but especially to someone new to programming, but I've grown to love explicit over implicit, not to mention functional over non-functional, and so but even without using Python I'm positive I might prefer it. I'd really love to hear what the gotcha's are in that particular ecosystem)