> Have you considered how much familiarity might shape your reaction to the two?
It doesn't.
> Both are specific patterns with arbitrary restrictions which new learners have to internalize, and that’s a fairly advanced task most people won’t hit until they are familiar with the language syntax.
No, the Python methods are just ordinary methods with valid names. What 'arbitrary restrictions' are you referring to?
The arbitrary restriction is that you have to just learn a specific pattern and follow it. I can’t have my Python class use “addition” if I hate underscores or my C++ code use “mathematical_division” if I’m horribly pedantic. In both cases, it’s just a particular design decision by the language developers I have to learn, and in both cases I won’t think much of it after the initial acclimation.
It doesn't.
> Both are specific patterns with arbitrary restrictions which new learners have to internalize, and that’s a fairly advanced task most people won’t hit until they are familiar with the language syntax.
No, the Python methods are just ordinary methods with valid names. What 'arbitrary restrictions' are you referring to?