[Snark7]

I'm pretty confident that this is the nail in Python 3's coffin. It just shows how out-of-touch GvR and Google are with Python users. For a while, Python 3 was on a track to becoming a more mature language, but this is a huge step backwards. Politics at Google have ruined the future of Python 3. In contrast, Python 2.x just keeps on getting better and better.

[icey]

How is this a huge step backwards?

[Snark7]

The arguments have been laid out elsewhere, so let me summarize:

1. The memory requirements are massive 2. The chosen approach is substantially more complex than CPython 3. The claimed performance improvements have not been demonstrated

But much worse than all of these, it shows that the future of Python 3 is in the hands of Google managers, not an independent project leader.

[steveklabnik]

I'm not sure I follow you. Speed improvements to Python 3 will kill the language?