What would you like to see in a future HP Prime II? (HP Prime², HP Prime 2X)

[Anders]

Yes and for this reason (as I wrote further above) we need Exam mode that disables all programs and CAS etc., like Prime Exam mode does today. No different.

This is the only way to simultaneously manage and meet two objectives of being compliant for the student market and competitively useful for the professionals.

Also, programming is not allowed on a exam regardless of what programming language so there is no difference between RPL, newRPL, PPL, C++, Java, Pascal, C, Forth, BASIC, List, Prolog or what ever other language you choose from that perspective.

The difference is that Python is a much more accessible language for students to approach learn (first language taught in many schools systems today - high schools), with higher productivity + the benefit for professionals and students to have access to a massive community and ever expanding developed s/w. All this being useful when not doing exams for students and in real life work situations for the professionals.
In addition, students at high schools (at least) have access to laptop PCs, being further accelerated during the pandemic, increasing the likelihood that all students also have a laptop PC within the next few years - the case in the all school districts where I live.
this makes it also increasingly likely that students would use laptop PC to program and transfer to Prime - regardless of what language is used.