Python provides a great set of data types. This is true for both numeric types and also collections. Regarding the numeric types, there is nothing special about their syntax. There are, of course, some differences for defining literals of every type and some (maybe) not well-known details regarding operators, but there isn't a lot that could surprise you in Python regarding the syntax for numeric types. Things change when it comes to collections and strings. Despite the there should be only one way to do something mantra, the Python developer is really left with plenty of choices. Some of the code patterns that seem intuitive and simple to beginners are often considered non-Pythonic by experienced programmers, because they are either inefficient or simply too verbose.

Such Pythonic patterns for solving common problems ( many programmers call these...