You're absolutely right, and again, I think that reinforces how important a good migration path was to Python 3. Without that path, I think there was a real risk of Python dying off same as Perl 5.

It's sad because there was a lot I liked about Perl. I wish that community had better leadership because from my quick glance at the Wikipedia page, it looks like the Perl 7 project is making the same mistakes as Perl 6/Raku did. It's really too bad.