Python slang

[Anders J. Munch]

Marco Sulla via Python-list:
 > Well, they are the most used languages.

They weren't when Python was created.

Python's terms raise/except and self were normal for the time. C++ was
the odd one out.  throw/catch and this are Stroustrup's inventions, no
other language used those terms.

It was only later that language designers fell into the notion that it
was crucial for a new language's success to look as much like C++ as
possible.

regards, Anders