The Incredible Growth of Python (stackoverflow.blog)

[Paul Rubin]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
> students learning Python *today* ... they're learning Python 3.

I'm not so sure of that.  I do know a few people currently learning
Python, and they're using Python 2.

>>  * static type annotation

Seems like a big win if you ask me.

>>  * asyncio with its a-dialect
> Actually, I think this one is a huge enough feature that it's going to
> be a big thing to *drive* the uptake of Python.

God I hope not, it's perverse.  I'd like to see a Python that's more
like Erlang in its approach to concurrency.