PSF [Beaverton, OR] 1 April 2013 -- At a news conference held earlier today, Guido van Rossum announced that he is quitting Python to develop a new language.
"Python just makes programming too damn easy and too bug-free," Guido said as part of his remarks in a brief, prepared statement. He added, "The way things are going, soon, everyone in the world will be programming in Python -- even children!" Guido went on to say that he's now working on a new language called Giddy-up-and-Go which will take the worst features of C++, Java, and French combined with elements of both PHP and Klingon syntax. He said that this new endeavor should put the work and frustration back into programming "[where] it ought to be." Responding to a reporter's question in a brief Q&A following the announcement, Guido said, "Real programmers don't need no stinkin' easy and intuitive language to program with." Some features have already been hinted at for the new language. No Unicode -- BAUDOT is expected to be the new character encoding. Numeric types have been eliminated as it's no longer relevant or possible for most students and younger PhDs to do even simple arithmetic considering the current state of the so-called educational system. One surprising feature is that everything will be a subject using Guido's new subject-oriented programming (SOP) paradigm. Other sources said that variables (subjects in the new paradigm) will now be passed by gas. Python 3.3 will be the last version of Python. Look for announcements soon for the new Giddy-up-and-Go mailing lists. PSF will be selling its holdings to Oracle as they've embraced the open-source philosophy so freely and warmly. One insider shared unconfirmed rumors that Mr. Johnson will be attempting to revive and steer the now defunct Python language -- which elicited further concerns amongst the somewhat bewildered Python community. All newsgroups mentioning Python -- the full Monty -- will be closed today. --Pierre O'Dee, self-appointed spokesman for the PSF -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
