>From "the emperor's new clothes" department: 1) Why do Python lists start with element [0], instead of element [1]? "Common sense" would seem to suggest that lists should start with [1].
2) In Python 3, why is print a function only, so that: print "Hello, World" is not okay, but it must be print("Hello, World") instead? (Yeah, I know: picky, picky . . . ) 3) In Python 3, why does 2.0 / 3.0 display as 0.6666666666666666, but 8 * 3.57 displays as 28.56 (rounded off to 2 decimal places)? And yet, in Python 2.6, 8 * 3.57 displays as 28.559999999999999? And we wonder why kids don't want to learn to program.
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