I know I'm far from the only person who has opined about this topic, but figured I'd take my turn.
A while ago I hinted on Twitter that I have Thoughts(tm) about the future of Python, and while this is not going to be that post, this is going to be important background for when I do share those thoughts.
If you came expecting a well researched article full of citations to peer-reviewed literature, you came to the wrong place. Similarly if you were hoping for unbiased and objective analysis. I'm not even going to link to external sources for definitions. This is literally just me on a soap box, and you can take it or leave it.
I'm also deliberately not talking about CPython the runtime, pip the package manager, venv the %PATH% manipulator, or PyPI the ecosystem. This post is about the Python language.
My hope is that you will get some ideas for thinking about why some programming languages feel better than others, even if you don't agree that Python feels better than most.
Need To Know
What makes Python a great language? It gets the need to know balance right.
When I use the term "need to know", I think of how the military uses the term. For many, "need to know" evokes thoughts of power imbalances, secrecy, and dominance-for-the-sake-of-dominance. .. cntd
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