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It's quite crazy, as Python first version was in 1991, 4 years before Java. It's a language with a ton of legacy baggage, the 2/3 transition, the BDLF being replaced by a completely different project leadership system, and it still keeps going strong.

This interview from Brett Cannon (old core dev who worked on packaging, imports, the vscode python extension...) is eye opening:

https://www.bitecode.dev/p/brett-cannon-on-python-humans-and

The guy cares SO MUCH and they have so many things not to break you can feel the sense of passion and the weight of responsibility in everything he says.



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