I am new to python. I have a few questions coming from an armature!

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 6:28:06 AM UTC+12, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0308/
> 
> What the *current* version removed from an earlier version is that there 
> was a clear community consensus against the condition-in-the-middle 
> syntax Guido proposed and for some version of "if condition then 
> True-alternative else False-alternative".  Where consensus was lacking 
> was which of multiple 'normal order' alternatives to choose.  Part of 
> the problem was a lack of knowledge of which alternative Guido might 
> accept.  In any case, a runoff vote among the top contenders was not 
> allowed.

Sounds like Conway’s Law strikes again: a flawed development process led to the creation of a flawed solution.