Is there no end to Python?

[Jeffrey Schwab]

Steve Holden wrote:
> kpp9c wrote:

>> I find that if i use
>> other folks code, collaborate, or get help from other folks i still
>> have to know all the new constructs that i don't often use, and i
>> really struggle with iterators and generators and some of the newer
>> things and folks seem to have fallen in love with ridiculously complex
>> list comprehensions. (i'll admit i love the list comprehensions too,
>> but too a point)
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, i LOVE Python, but since 2.2 or so the language has
>> started to get some feature creep and is starting to evolve
>> exponentially fast and while all that pre 2.2 code is really readable
>> still, i see some stuff now that really really hurts my brain. We see
>> less silly lambdas than we used to, and Python is more powerful than
>> ever, but i think there has been a cost too. Python has become harder
>> to read and *MUCH* harder to learn all of a sudden.
>>
>> Personally i would like to see the core Python language evolve more
>> slowly and see work on packages, modules and DOCS!!

> No need for flames. I'll content myself with pointing out that most 
> 1.5.2 programs will run unchanged in 2.5, so the backwards compatibility 
> picture is very good. Nobody makes you use the new features!

They do if you ever want to read their code.  The point of view you've 
just summarized is what causes languages to become write-only.