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It makes sense if see it as Renaissance for Python, driven by type checking. Or at least the most sense I can find.

For me this is true, I've come back to Python because of it for personal projects.

I'm still trying to cargo cult myself into thinking that Python async makes any sense however. Why not just go with a genserver abstraction and expose the primitives over this mess we have?

I think the way to parse it is as "a renaissance of type checking, in python," i.e. in the same sense that "The Renaissance" was "a renaissance of classical culture, in Italy."

> was there any attempt to add typing in older versions of python that were dropped ?

Not that I know of. I used "renaissance" to connote an increased positive focus, invigoration, and activity.

One could argue that the first version is Archaic, and Renaissance the second attempt