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Personally, i find the python documentation a little overwhelming, while i found PHP's much clearer and more straightforward, despite learning PHP first. Much easier to figure out something quickly. Its hard to pin down but if i had to i'd say it can be too verbose, there can be too much on a page, and too little white-space. I'd also like to see it more example driven.

Having said this i rarely if ever hear any criticism of the python docs from others.

E: sorry, why was stating my opinion, when sought, deserving of downvoting? If you disagree then say so-- i even stated i thought my opinion was a minority one!



I'm not sure why you were downvoted. Thanks for your honest response, though.

(Sometimes when it's hard to put into words an exact reasoning for something you feel it turns out to be worth investigating.)


Could it be that you found Python more overwhelming BECAUSE you learned PHP first?




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