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No: this is from 2006; it was last modified in 2010, but the changes were negligible (a wording tweak), and earlier changes were even less important (updating hyperlinks).

I think it's because some people are finally considering making pure python3 projects.

> What changed to make this relevant now?

Python is increasingly losing ground to the new "it"-languages. To stay relevant, it needs cryptic syntax of dubious value so bloggers can write lengthy articles about useless applications for this new feature.

You can say the same for Algol or Cobol.

But then the stupidity of the statement would be immediately apparent.

What examples do you have (Go?), and do you have any charts that you drew insight from to say that? Of course, I have already been Googling the issue, but we aren't necessarily looking at the same sources.

So where are you getting your information that Python is losing to the "it" languages?