syntax difference

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:35:40 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 6:23 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm also saddened by the type hinting initiative. When you try to
>>>> be best for everybody, you end up being best for nobody. The niche
>>>> Python has successfully occupied is huge. Why risk it all by trying
>>>> to take the whole cake?
>>>
>>> Did you complain when function annotations were introduced back in
>>> 2006?
>>> [...]
>>
>> Yes, but in fairness, people have abandoned Python by the handful for
>> Go and Javascript. At the rate people are abandoning Python, in
>> another 10 or 20 years Python will have dropped to the second most
>> popular language:
>>
>> http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
>>
>
> Oh, I forgot about that. That's why Guido is busily stuffing it with
> every feature he possibly can, in the hope that - once Python runs out
> of popularity - it'll at least... actually, you know what, I got
> nothing.

So the point *was* popularity!? I suspected as much.


Marko