PEP20 sound amazing, but then when this only way end up being way too verbose/ugly, you are kind of stuck with it. Compare:

    #python
    import re
    m = re.search('(a.+)(d.+)', 'abcdef')
    if m:
      print(f"{m.group(1)},{m.group(2)}")

    #perl
    if('abcdef' =~ /(a.+)(d.+)/){
      print "$1,$2";
    }