Python 8 will be the next major Python version

Later in that thread:

> Does it combine the base of Python 2 with the power of Python 3?

April 1st; training everyone to take everything with a grain of salt... sometimes with a mine of salt.

That was the funniest april fools joke I've read since I've arrived at work today.

Why not just Python 4 - just with for loops requiring a bracket and leaving '+' only for float addition (for integer addition there will be '++'). With no new benefits, but 10% worse performance.

Oh, wait - it would an old-joke recycling.

Oh god, this is triggering my PTSD already! On the other hand, a language-enforced style guide might not be such a bad idea...

I like how it's more than obviously an April 1st thing. But it's also kinda meh and not all that funny.

Refusing to import files with PEP8 violations would actually be a good thing - had it always been that way.

To quote Uncle Albert and Bert:

> I always say, there's nothing like a good joke.

> No, and that was nothing like a good joke.

When will Python catch up to where C++ was exactly 18 years ago? [1]

[1] http://www.stroustrup.com/whitespace98.pdf

I wish the part about renaming PyPI back to Cheeseshop were true.

And when Node jumped from 0.x to 4.x it was not a joke.

This really bytes.