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by pjmlp 1854 days ago
Usually only C++ gets the blame, but that is only because most don't pay attention to other language's reference manuals and standard libraries.

I love to pick on Python for such examples, because it is considered to be the new BASIC, yet when I pick the standard language reference + standard library, the amount of pages outgrows those of ISO C++.

Then there is the list of breaking changes that have happened even across minor versions since Python 1.0.