There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor)
For a new technology: If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of course If you are a young adult, then it becomes a hot topic for discussion If you are past middle-age you never get it Anyone knows/remembers it? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list