[kbd]

The article mentions stackless Python. My understanding is Guido didn't want to merge it because it would break backwards compatibility with extensions.

That was a long time ago when Python's userbase was much smaller. I wonder if Python be in better shape today had they merged stackless back then.

[qznc]

I think Python is in great shape. On Unix it is the dominant scripting language.

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Python%20programming...