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Doesn't this already exist in IronPython?

• Timothycquinn 3y ago
  Correct. I just checked the project yesterday and they are presently at 3.4 :-|
• crabbone 3y ago
  It's a lot about popularity / stigma. Microsoft developed both JScript and Node.js. They could've continued with JScript, but obviously decided against it because JScript didn't earn the reputation they might have hoped for. Even if they invested efforts into rectifying the flaws of JScript, it would've been just too hard to undo the reputation damage. Microsoft made multiple attempts to "befriend" Python. IronPython was one of the failures. They also tried to provide editing tools (eg. intellisense in MSVS), but kind of given up on that too (but succeeded to a large degree with VSCode). The whole long-term Microsoft's strategy is to capture and put the developers on a leash. They won't rest until there's a popular language they don't control.