[MattConfluence]

Lately, Elixir has dethroned Python as the language that I get the most joy from using. Pattern matching in one of the big reasons. Great to see that Python core contributors (including Guido!) wants to see this feature in Python as well! Hopefully it will be well integrated and not feel like a tacked on feature.

If you're curious about why this is so useful, and reading the (quite dry) PEP isn't your thing, I would heartily recommend playing with Elixir for a few hours. Pattern matching is a core feature of the language, you won't be able to avoid using it. The language is more Ruby-like than Python-like, but Python programmers should still have an easy time grokking it. When I was getting started I used Exercism [1] to have some simple tasks to solve.

[1] https://exercism.io/tracks/elixir