[XuMiao]

Python does have a lot of problems, but it's so far the most flexible language like English.

High level programming language is meant to communicate, not to dictate the computation. Python happens to be easy to understand by humans.

[yoloClin]

I don't disagree with anything you've said, but in my opinion strongly typed function definitions/returns are about communication rather than dictation - I'd rather the compiler tell me that I'm passing an unexpected argument type rather than the runtime executor.

But to contradict your point, there's also a fair amount of Python which is a dictation - Guido even called his job role 'Benevolent dictator for life'. I really hated some of the guidelines as a new programmer but after dealing with them for some time I understand that consistency is far more important than preference in many/most/all cases.

[cutler]

Ruby rates much higher on the Englishness scale.