Javascript somehow manages to grow without breaking backwards compatibility. So does C++. Breaking countless packages (and forks of packages) in the pursuit of

Javascript somehow manages to grow without breaking backwards compatibility. So does C++. Breaking countless packages (and forks of packages) in the pursuit of something as nebulous as language purity is a big mistake. I happen to like explicit typing but it's not the kind of thing you can graft onto a mature language without making awful compromises. Also, it pushes massive externalities onto the millions of people who rely on Python for their work.