Comment by sanderjd

I think the question is: What is the value of that intermediate step? It depends on how long the full path takes.

If we're one year away from realizing a brave new world where everyone is going straight from natural language to machine code or something similar, then any work to make a "python 4" - or any other new programming languages / versions / features - is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. But if that's 50 years away, then it's the opposite.

It's hard to know what to work on without being able to predict the future :)