>I think that programming is a sort of theological process. Popular languages attract ideas. Unfortunately, in the case of Python, those ideas were not effectiv

>I think that programming is a sort of theological process. Popular languages attract ideas. Unfortunately, in the case of Python, those ideas were not effectively filtered and now we have an expression of as many ideas as can possibly fit. The ultimate design by committee... It's funny, a lot of people hate on Elm for the exact opposite reasons: one person dictating the language's direction and removing features. I suppose a nice balance could be struck between the two ends of the spectrum.