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Happy to see someone down-voting a comment that suggests you examine your requirements for a language because it dares to challenge the supremacy of python and suggests that adults are perfectly capable of choosing a language appropriate for the task, even if that language is COBOL. Stay classy, HN.

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I didn’t vote, but your take on Python doesn’t match my experience. Do you have more context? It seems like after the transition to version 3, the lesson was learned. That was about a decade ago now.

2.3 to 2.5 - changed the syntax and semantics of the language by adding class variables. 2.5 to 2.7 - changed semantics by changing class variable to package variables.

Certainly you're not claiming Python hasn't made breaking changes in the syntax or semantics over the years?

I mean... this still compiles with my c compiler:

  ??=include <stdio.h>

  int main( argc, argv )
    int argc;
    char *argv[];
  ??<
    printf( "hello %d %s\n", argc, argv[0] );
  ??>

Though... gcc makes you add the -trigraph option.

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