Here's Guido himself expressing FOMO about what would happen if Python stopped continually accumulating new features (specifically including the `match` statement):
> Essentially the language would stop evolving. I worry that that would make Python become the next legacy language rather than the language that everyone wants to use.
> Essentially the language would stop evolving. I worry that that would make Python become the next legacy language rather than the language that everyone wants to use.
https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-8012-frequently-asked-quest...