what has python added to programming languages? (lets beesoteric, shall we ; )

[Fredrik Lundh]

Iain King wrote:

> I find slice notation consistent and elegant - did it come form another
> language?

Icon:

    http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/

see e.g.

    http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/icon/substring.html
    http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/icon/positions.html

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