Ask HN: Weekend Social: Top two programming languages and what they can borrow?

  if bool:
  # should be
  if bool
  
  for thing in things:
  # should be
  for thing in things

  a_dict['prop']
  # should be
  a_dict.prop

  a_dict = {'name': 'value'}
  # should be
  a_dict = {name: 'value'} # like in js
  # even
  a_dict = {content-type: 'json'} # ooh, ahh !

  if __blah_blah_blah__ == '__main__' # dunder-struck ?
      main()
  # should be
  # nothing -- it just calls main() if it's there

  # instead of
  a_dict.get('prop')
  # it should be like JS that returns undefined or None or something nullish or falsey
  a_dict.prop

  v = a if this else b # barf
  # should be
  v = this ? a : b
  # or (to steal from VB)
  v = iif(this, a, b)
  
  # maybe fix list/dict-compros, too, while i'm at it

  elif x:
  # should be
  else if x # like any decent language

  f'{huh}'
  # should be
  `{huh}` # like JS

  len(a_string)
  # sb
  a_string.length

  # Regular Python              | # Pith uses less punctuation
                                |
  def main():                   | def main
      a_dict = {                |     a_dict =
          'name': 'value'       |         name: 'value' # maybe use = instead of :
      }                         |
      if True:                  |     if true
          print(a_dict['name']) |         print a_dict.name
      elif 1 > 2:               |     else if 1 > 2
          print('ooh')          |         print 'ooh'
                                |  
  main()                        | # no need to call main()