For a language like this to overtake Python, several things would have to happen: 1) It would have to offer something a lot more than slight improvements in s

For a language like this to overtake Python, several things would have to happen: 1) It would have to offer something a lot more than slight improvements in syntax. What improvements it offers already are definitely nice, but I'm not going "OMG I have to have that!" 2) Lots of documentation would be needed (link points this out). As PG mentioned in an essay, an O'Reilly book too (or equivalent). 3) Having a large pre-existing code base, and project base you can build off of is key (i.e., Python has Django, tons of useful modules, etc...). This comes in time. 4) Community of users to ask questions (needs to be built up over time - publishing articles like this is a good way to start one). I think to overtake Python it'll also have to offer something much different, substantially different^, from Python. Maybe build upon being easier to debug more. Or perhaps look at the most confusing aspects of Python and make them simpler (OOP can be very complicated for a newbie learning how to code - it was for me). ^By substantially different, I mean it doesn't have to try and be "black" to Python's "white". But it has to save programmers something (time, frustration, reduced learning curve, etc) that Python, or some other language, doesn't meet.