Python is "relatively" consistent about * and being used to expand or contract arrays and dicts, respectively.
a, *, b = [1,2,3,4]
def foo(*args):
bar(*[1,2,3])
all do "what you'd expect" from the single concept that "* is sort of pattern-matchy for an array".
But the more important bit is just that you don't have to prefix variables with @ and $. Python is optimized for writing code that acts on variables, while perl is optimized for code that acts on strings. While strings are certainly a common data type, most code isn't modifying strings directly. So optimizing for that case doesn't make a lot of sense.
But the more important bit is just that you don't have to prefix variables with @ and $. Python is optimized for writing code that acts on variables, while perl is optimized for code that acts on strings. While strings are certainly a common data type, most code isn't modifying strings directly. So optimizing for that case doesn't make a lot of sense.