Python: why does `random.randint(a, b)` return a range inclusive of `b`?

Question

It has always seemed strange to me that random.randint(a, b) would return an integer in the range [a, b], instead of [a, b-1] like

Answer 1

This is speculation, but normal human usage of 'give me a random number from a to b' is inclusive. Implementing it that way sort of makes sense, given Python's general philosophy of being a more human-readable language.