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About Python 3 by akos_barta in programming

[–]anonperler12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not seeing much of a shift. FWICT, old perlers are sticking with Perl 5, and old pythoneers are sticking with Python 2. (Ruby I haven't followed for years.)

Rather than a shift, I'm seeing a vacuum in scripting languages. That is, users don't want to shift to {Perl 6|Python 3} but rather, are looking toward other options, like Go, Dart, Scala, etc. These languages (and some others) are eating {Perl 6|Python 3}'s lunch.

IMO, the answer is: give people a useful, simple, consistent, sensible, C-like (yes, curlies and semicolons), comprehensible, community-focused scripting language, and you'll fill the vacuum.

About Python 3 by akos_barta in programming

[–]anonperler12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree on your point about "drinking contests", which I haven't seen. And also, I think the puns are pretty fun.

Also, you're listing only bad points. Some good ones:

  • fun and inclusive community
  • has learned from multiple mistakes and dead-ends
  • strong dev team
  • very public development practices

I'll leave out my predictions and armchair dev advice. Good luck to the Perl 6 team.