Maybe, not sure? My point was that both the syntax and Google using it was more relevant 15 years ago than now.
(I don't have much of an opinion on the 15+ years ago thing.)
Is python syntax worse than any brand new languages like rust or go? Absolutely not. It's still better.
Did Google stop using it? I don't think so, but I also don't think people picked it just because Google did.
Btw, I wish they would take some inspiration from Haskell's syntax.
Haskell also has significant whitespace, but its defined as syntactic sugar for a more traditionally syntax with curly braces and semicolons.
Approximately no-one uses that curly-brace syntax, but it's good for two things:
- silences the naysayers
- more importantly: allows you to copy-paste code even into forms that mess up your indentation.