Make it small, simple and consistent - few features, simple syntax, and useful library. (Don't provide things as language features, put them in the library or n

Make it small, simple and consistent - few features, simple syntax, and useful library. (Don't provide things as language features, put them in the library or not at all.) Then don't add to it - avoid the "which python" problem. (Python does need any of the recent features, and few will use them, but they'll confuse many and add many bugs.)