On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:24:09 -0700 Chris Barker via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > > fair enough, but I think we all agree that *many*, if not most, Python > users are "not professional programmers". While on the other hand everyone > involved in discussion on python-dev and python-ideas is a serious (If not > "professional") programmer. > > So we do have a bit of a disconnect between much of the user base and folks > making decisions about how the language evolves -- which is probably > inevitable, > > Over the years I've been using it (most of its life), Python has evolved to > become much less of a "scripting" language, and much more of a "systems" > language, and this addition is a (pretty significant) step more in that > direction.
This change doesn't even make Python a better fit as a systems programming language. Rust's distinguishing feature, after all, isn't that it has an assignment operator. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
