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Re:The Rust I wanted had no future by timschmidt on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:30PM (#36199777)
Python reached where it is because university CS programs which had previously been teaching Java reached for a new language.
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Re:The Rust I wanted had no future by LordDragonfang on Monday June 05, 2023 @07:44PM (#36205990)
Most universities I knew were still teaching Java well into python's rise to popularity a decade ago. Python got where it is by focusing on being simple, easy, and nice to use. Seriously take a look at PEP-20 sometime:

https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/

Things like "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." just was such a breath of fresh air in language design.

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Re:The Rust I wanted had no future by _joel on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @06:55AM (#36210828)
I take it they didn't extend that to the package managers :)
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