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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:15:45 +1100
Subject: Re: Python is DOOMED! Again!
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden@gmail.com> wrote:
> But without a thriving community, Python has no value to me.
>
> If we add type hinting, then that community will go away, because other
> languages are better options.
>
> Who will win? Julia? Ruby? They are all waiting in line for Python to fail.
> Then Python will be like Smalltalk.

The Python community that was already killed by Python 3.0? Funny, it
seems to be a bit more resilient than the naysayers would have us
believe.

ChrisA