I believe the "python way" and "pythonic" code that the community pushes is great for newbies, since it gets them thinking about not just writing code, but writing it idiomatically.
This, in turn, makes most think about why doing it the "pythonic" way works better.
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I believe the "python way" and "pythonic" code that the community pushes is great for newbies, since it gets them thinking about not just writing code, but writing it idiomatically.
This, in turn, makes most think about why doing it the "pythonic" way works better.