Also note that the python visualizer tool has been basically written by vibe-coding. I know more about analog filters -- and that's not saying much -- than I do about python. It started out as my typical "google and do the monkey-see-monkey-do" kind of programming, but then I cut out the middle-man -- me -- and just used Google Antigravity to do the audio sample visualizer.
From the GitHub repo of said vibe-coded project. It appears Linus did not in fact know enough Python to code this properly and couldn't be bothered to learn, so the writing you're questioning is accurate.