[pekk]

You assert that Python hasn't progressed much, but you thumb down the project to progress it (Python 3).

Should Python try to improve, or just remain in the same state forever? You can't have both.

Your assertion that optimization must always happen all at once is completely bogus.

[rm445]

Take a deep breath, I believe parent post's comment about python not progressing was referring to performance, not a general dig.

[coldtea]

>You assert that Python hasn't progressed much, but you thumb down the project to progress it (Python 3).

I was talking performance wise. There are benchmarks from the Python devs out there that confirm what I wrote.

I did not speak about Python as a language in general. That said, if you want my opinion, Python 3 is not much progress in that regard either.

>Your assertion that optimization must always happen all at once is completely bogus

That's good, because I never asserted that. I didn't say that "optimization must always happen all at once", just that incremental optimization doesn't yield much benefits compared to a thorough interpreter rewrite with optimization in mind.

Python's history confirms this totally. And not only is Javascript a counter-example (all at once optimization getting huge results), but PyPy also is.