Scoping in Python 'for' loops

Question

I\'m not asking about Python\'s scoping rules; I understand generally how scoping works in Python for loops. My question is why the design decisions were m

Answer 1

One of the primary influences for Python is ABC, a language developed in the Netherlands for teaching programming concepts to beginners. Python's creator, Guido van Rossum, worked on ABC for several years in the 1980s. I know almost nothing about ABC, but as it is intended for beginners, I suppose it must have a limited number of scopes, much like early BASICs.