> Here is what has changed: we no longer trust developers ... I have a different hypothesis on this (never checked it though). I think as those languages - Pyt

> Here is what has changed: we no longer trust developers ... I have a different hypothesis on this (never checked it though). I think as those languages - Python, JS were getting more and more popular we started using them more and more to build and maintain more complex projects. What worked for a few glue-code scripts doesn't work for a Dropbox size and scale project. Thus there was a need to evolve and augment the language.