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title: "4 reasons I think Python is broken"
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description: "but are super technical and not super convincing."
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I'm going to put on my hipster hot takes hat for a moment:
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*I think Python has kinda made some mistakes.*
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> [Not me because I can't grow facial hair but wish I could][hipster]
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And I get it; [there are two kinds of languages][stroustrup], and Python definitely
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belongs to the "languages people complain about because they actually use them" camp.
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That said, these are the reasons why I'm not super thrilled about Python and am
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avoiding it. The time has come to acknowledge that there are some bits of Python
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that qualify as mistakes.
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In no particular order, allow me to present my issues with Python.
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# 1: No Boolean operator overloads
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Language reserves `and`, `or` as keywords. Leads to issues in Pandas
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where special care must be taken because bitwise `~` takes precedence over
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comparison operators (`<`, `==`).
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# 2: Poorly specified overloads
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Specifically, `x < y` is not necessarily equivalent to `y > x`.
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# 3: Global variable scoping
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[hipster]: https://flic.kr/p/Tg9Cdv
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[stroustrop]: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup
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