How clean/elegant is Python's syntax?

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Hi, list.

I hope this is not a duplicate of older question. If so, drop me a
link is enough.

I've used Python here and there, just for the sweet libraries though.

For the core language, I have mixed feeling. On one hand, I find that
Python has some sweet feature that is quite useful. On the other hand,
I often find Pyhton snippets around hard to understand. I admit that I
never learned Python very formally; I've programmed in many other
languages already.

Code snippets in BASIC or Pascal seems quite obvious to understand
(Unless I don't understand the algorithm) .

Can someone inspire me?

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