Python's success is richly deserved. The fact that it has been a long time coming (Python is almost 30 years old!) is an indication of the amount of sheer effor

Python's success is richly deserved. The fact that it has been a long time coming (Python is almost 30 years old!) is an indication of the amount of sheer effort involved, and should give heart for all those working on building up the next generation of languages. Since this forum is likely to have some folks looking towards the future, I found interesting a couple of talks by Python veteran Armin Ronacher [1, 2]. Watching that presentation makes me wonder whether I should think of this in the context of "Worse is better". That said, Python's runtime introspection is such a killer feature that it's difficult to explain how empowering it feels for someone who is relatively new to programming. [1]: How Python was Shaped by leaky Internals -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGofLIzX6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGofLIzX6g [2]: A Python for Future Generations -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSu_odkI5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSu_odkI5I