[VanL]

(Replying to the top-ranked comment so that as many people as possible see it)

While I wish Naftali well in his efforts - I have a private Python-derived language myself! - this is not "Python 2.8." For trademark purposes, "Python" is only what is released or endorsed by the PSF.

We have already reached out to Naftali and asked him to change the name of his project and update this blog post accordingly.

Obviously, though, this is someone who cares a lot about Python, so let's be sure not to rain down on him with a lot of scorn; I admire that he was willing to sit down and 'scratch his own itch.'

Source: I am the General Counsel of the PSF.

[Redoubts]

"I don't mind renaming this project. Any other suggestions for good names? I personally like "Pythonesque (/usr/bin/pesque)" the best so far, thanks @dbohdan! :-)"

  - The Author (who isn't me)
    https://github.com/naftaliharris/python2.8/issues/47#issuecomment-266240525

[BuckRogers]

Scorn? He's doing the CPython maintainer's job for them. He should be universally praised.