8.8. Summary¶
It’s easy to forget that computers and programming languages are designed by humans and have their own limitations. So much software is built on top of and relies upon the creations of language designers and hardware engi- neers. They work incredibly hard to make sure that if you have a bug in your program, it’s because your program is faulty, not the interpreter software or CPU hardware running it. We can end up taking these tools for granted.
But this is why there’s value in learning the odd nooks and crannies of computers and software. When your code raises errors or crashes (or even just acts weirdly and makes you think, “that’s odd”), you’ll need to under- stand the common gotchas to debug these problems.
You almost certainly won’t run into any of the issues brought up in this chapter, but being aware of these small details is what will make you an experienced Python programmer.