This is obviously not trying to address divergence between Python and C++. Stop attacking strawmen. Nobody sane would imagine C++ in Python syntax would appeal

This is obviously not trying to address divergence between Python and C++. Stop attacking strawmen. Nobody sane would imagine C++ in Python syntax would appeal to Python programmers. On the other hand, C++ in Python syntax would appeal to C++ programmers who prefer Python syntax to C++ syntax. I am one of them, and this is a good try.