declare(strict_typehints=TRUE); // not ironic, not short
declare(strict_types=1); // ironic, short
declare(strict=true); // not ironic, even shorter
declare(strict); // oh yeah.
.map(function(album){
return {artist : album("vendor")("name")}
})
.map({artist : ['album','vendor','name']})
It's not competing with Python, it's language as a service. Instead of downloading dependencies, you just have them. They're hooked to live data sources, zero configuration.
This has a lot of potential, and it doesn't need to be its own language, but it doesn't hurt much.