Micro python is the last hope for Python. Python simplicity got destroyed by a bunch of new wave of programmers who packed a lot of new useless features into it in the past 10 yrars. Now it's NOT easy and small language as it used to be...

Feature creep is an awful side effect. I would love to have language having just few add-ons per decade so I can grasp it all

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wewewedxfgdf 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>> "the last hope for Python"

Python is in the top 3 programming languages in the world.

	▲	wiseowise 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Being lingua franca of AI and scripting world isn't enough for GP.

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VK-pro 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is kind of a strange take to me given that Python is quickly becoming the default for many projects that 1) are not indexing for speed/efficiency and 2) is not on the web (and sometimes this only applies for frontend). There are plenty of cases where that statement is incorrect but I think you get my point.

I think I read a title on HN that was literally titled “Why Python Won” in late 2025.

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InitEnabler 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which useless features?

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nikitau 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Amazing. We have actually gone full circle reactionary on the typing debate where duck typing is considered the "traditional" way by some.

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shakna 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Walrus operator, match. They're just syntax sugar, but expand the vocabulary for little benefit.

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iberator 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All of them. Starting with syntax changes or type hints.... (Python should be always and only be duck typed forever as designed by God itself (it's creator).

	▲	wiseowise 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Python should be always and only be duck typed forever as designed by God itself (it's creator). Isn't Guido the one who came up with type hints spec and made the reference implementation (Mypy)?

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vpribish 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

async is the big one. it was half-baked

	▲	halfcat an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, async Python is one of the top 2 things that I just get pissed off when I think about it too much. Along with Lin-Manuel Miranda not being involved with Moana 2.