I have done quite a bit of Python hacking, as well as Javascript and Ruby. You really do get over the parentheses thing. In fact it more or less becomes a non-issue after a few days. It just is not something that should make you decide against a language.
The only time it becomes a major issue is if you are nesting many functions, but in that case the threading function is both utilized often and quite elegant.
The only time it becomes a major issue is if you are nesting many functions, but in that case the threading function is both utilized often and quite elegant.
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