[fogof]

> If you ask a Python developer about [private instance variables], they’ll respond with: “don’t access the instance variables of another class, lol”.

> only in Python will the difference between tabs and spaces cause the interpreter to have a heart attack.

> The question of making a variable constant came up on Stack Overflow and a Python developer’s advice was “just don’t change it”.

All of these critiques seem to amount to: If I do something dumb, then Python will break on me. While I respect that other languages have protections, it's sort of like asking "why doesn't Python have static types?".

[nsonha]

none of those things are dumb, but I agree that they are minor