Decided to grab "Introducing Python" by Bill Lubanovic as a reference. In reading the "sell the language" chapter, I'm amazed at some outright falsehoods. Perpetuation of the terse language means more productivity myth and network wait times obviate the need for processing efficiency myth are two prominent ones.

The "look how much cleaner this looks in my language" thesis always cracks me up as well in comparing 3GLs.