To be really frank for quality programming shops. Readability is hardly an issue. They have better issues to worry about like features, scalability etc.
And readability in itself, I mean alone in its own merit isn't a deciding factor for most projects today.
Far too many factors decide in choosing a language today, they rapidly change and will continue to change over time. Concurrency and JVM's feasibility is giving clojure great mileage in the mainstream.
The problem with python is, its brittle enough to break at any new syntax experiment. This doesn't do good for language evolution.
And evolution is what keeps you in the game. How else do you think Perl and Lisp have managed to survive and grow till today's date.
I don't sort of want to be making a negative point here. But hey Perl has been adding keywords and new syntax to Perl 5 without breaking backwards compatibility.
And readability in itself, I mean alone in its own merit isn't a deciding factor for most projects today.
Far too many factors decide in choosing a language today, they rapidly change and will continue to change over time. Concurrency and JVM's feasibility is giving clojure great mileage in the mainstream.
The problem with python is, its brittle enough to break at any new syntax experiment. This doesn't do good for language evolution.
And evolution is what keeps you in the game. How else do you think Perl and Lisp have managed to survive and grow till today's date.
I don't sort of want to be making a negative point here. But hey Perl has been adding keywords and new syntax to Perl 5 without breaking backwards compatibility.
Some times flexibility is important.