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		staticassertion on April 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PEP 563, PEP 649 and the future of pydantic and Fa... Python is like a 40 year case study of how not to build a programming language.

Blackthorn on April 16, 2021 [–]

If only the rest of us could fail this successfully.

staticassertion on April 16, 2021 | [–]

Agreed, must be nice. A testament to the space, I think.

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