Comment by gaius
15 years ago
Yes, you can write anything in any language that's Turing complete, but that's not the point. Perl's mantra is "there's more than one way to do it", and so you get code that does it a million different ways. Python emphasizes there being only one right way, and so Python code is inherently more maintainable.
Python code is inherently more maintainable.
Even Python 2.7 versus 3.x belies that.
Does every Python programmer use the same sorting mechanism? Object decomposition technique? File layout? Naming conventions? Web framework? Database? Testing strategy? Documentation format? Installation mechanism? Editor?
Semi-enforced consistency of indentation would have contributed very little to the maintainability of any project to which I've contributed. I care more about finding and understanding and modifying code than whether I need to run it through a tidier.