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post	4 reasons I think Python is broken	but are super technical and not super convincing.

I'm going to put on my hipster hot takes hat for a moment:

I think Python has kinda made some mistakes.

Not me because I can't grow facial hair but wish I could

And I get it; [there are two kinds of languages][stroustrup], and Python definitely belongs to the "languages people complain about because they actually use them" camp. That said, these are the reasons why I'm not super thrilled about Python and am avoiding it. The time has come to acknowledge that there are some bits of Python that qualify as mistakes.

In no particular order, allow me to present my issues with Python.

1: No Boolean operator overloads

Language reserves and, or as keywords. Leads to issues in Pandas where special care must be taken because bitwise ~ takes precedence over comparison operators (<, ==).

2: Poorly specified overloads

Specifically, x < y is not necessarily equivalent to y > x.

3: Global variable scoping