On: The usability of advanced type systems: Rust as a ...

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> keep their interest in programming altogether

Python will do that too and without reinforcing patterns that produce UB.

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Although Python is getting long a little in the tooth. It used to be a simple, easy to learn language, but who can honestly claim its async implementation is 'simple and easy to learn'?

I'm curious if there are any newer alternatives that fit in the same niche.

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It still is a simple, easy to learn language. But now if you want to do more complex things with it (async), you can.

Of course, that means that it doesn't fit in that niche - it fills it and then some.