The non-Pythonic code a.k.a C language style that you wrote in your article is exactly what I wrote myself when I started Python.

and then I learned that I need to change my approach and learn Python in the Python way. And that is how I found PEP 8, PEP 257 and PEP 20. I just starting to learn Pythonic ways this week. Your post descirbes the "why" very well. I will recommend every Python developer to read it