It is so easy to press a tab key in an editor like Emacs to align the code correctly. In fact I actually enjoy that aspect of the coding process. The braces used in Perl help in viewing the code. There may be a tendency for Perl however to encourage a degree of nesting that would not be normal in Python. Has the development and use of functions and classes in Python been influenced by this? Was this a consideration when Python was first designed?

The reason why I think that this is worth asking as a question: Maybe Perl designers need to consider whether some design rather than evolution is required on this aspect. I am not saying that Perl or Python is better, just that the issue is worth considering.