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Re:The Python Steering Council intent to approve PEP 703: ma... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:11AM (#36916817)
> Removing him as BDFL was probably the best thing to have happened to Python. He never prioritized performance as a top priority

That doesn't follow; you're assuming that Python should prioritize performance as a top priority, which is very much not a given. Python has always excelled at being easy to use, being flexible, being a great glue language - but performant? An interpreted, dynamically typed language? That's like making a C interpreter - you can do it, but that doesn't make it a good idea.

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Re:The Python Steering Council intent to approve PEP 703: ma... by KRAKRISMOTT on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:57PM (#36922141)
> An interpreted, dynamically typed language? That's like making a C interpreter - you can do it, but that doesn't make it a good idea.

And yet despite your complaints, JavaScript, Lua and Julia continue to rise in popularity.

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Re:The Python Steering Council intent to approve PEP 703: ma... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:45PM (#36922650)
I never said anything about popularity - Python is easily one of the most popular languages. But speed has never been its goal or strong point.
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