Torsten Bronger wrote:

However, join() is really bizarre.  The list rather than the
separator should be the leading actor.

No, because join must work with _any sequence_, and there is no "sequence" type to put the join method on.
This semantic certainly sets python apart from many other languages.

>>> '-'.join(c for c in 'hello')
'h-e-l-l-o'
>>>
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