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Python 3 is not very ambitious. It's not comparable.
But part of the reason Python 3 wasn't "very ambitious" is that the people building it actually accounted for what could be done, and made a distinction between "what would be nice" and "what we actually need". It's been a careful, controlled upgrade process that actually works in the real world. It really is everything that Perl 6 hasn't been. In my considered opinion, the way that Perl 5 is partially evolving into…
> In my considered opinion, the way that Perl 5 is partially evolving into Perl 6 even before Perl 6 is out is further evidence that a big bang was neither necessary nor desirable.
I disagree strongly.
If you look at what I've called the milestones in the Perl renaissance, you can trace at least half of them (if not more) back to Perl 6.
If you like modern Perl, you owe Perl 6 a huge debt of gratitude.