Absolutely, but it's not a static pool. A lot of new folks happily use 3.10 today that would have looked at 2.7 and gone "what century is this? No thanks", so e

Absolutely, but it's not a static pool. A lot of new folks happily use 3.10 today that would have looked at 2.7 and gone "what century is this? No thanks", so even if on an individual level Python 3 might feel like it failed you, as a programming language it succeeded in changing with the times and staying not just relevant, but actually popular.