Python's simplicity philosophy

[Paul Rubin]

Ville Vainio <ville.spammehardvainio at spamtut.fi> writes:
> I wouldn't mind Python getting more influence from functional realm,
> as Python seems to me to be *the* hybrid language that can pull the FP
> thing while still remaining practical and intuitive (and delightfully
> non-academic).

Python sometimes seems to go out of its way to thrwart the use of
functional style.  Look at list.sort returning None, for example.