I had the pleasure of working over IRC with you (at Ellington) when I worked for CMG Digital, and I found you to be one of the most knowledgeable Python developers I had met.
But...
I think you're blowing this out of proportion. I think that yes, the implementation details are far too complicated, and yes there has been some serious (IMHO) mistakes made (e.g., type hints, format strings, etc.) in Python 3, but overall the language is terrific and getting better.
I had the pleasure of working over IRC with you (at Ellington) when I worked for CMG Digital, and I found you to be one of the most knowledgeable Python developers I had met.
But...
I think you're blowing this out of proportion. I think that yes, the implementation details are far too complicated, and yes there has been some serious (IMHO) mistakes made (e.g., type hints, format strings, etc.) in Python 3, but overall the language is terrific and getting better.