Wonderful timing - just after I got all excited in my last post, Mark Hahn announced Prothon, a prototype-based language closely based on Python.

Pros: they advertise a better interpreter (but why not just use the same terp for Python?), no rough edges like the __init__ problem.

Cons: not actually Python compatible, so you can't use existing class libraries.

I imagine I'll look quickly at it, say, "Very nice," and then keep using Python. Because this is pre-alpha, and Python works now. And hacking with metaclasses is fun!