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From: "David J {- dot -} Schuller" djs63 {- at -} CORNELL {- dot -} EDU
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From: "George M {- dot -} Sheldrick" gsheldr {- at -} SHELX {- dot -} UNI-AC {- dot -} GWDG {- dot -} DE
Date: 2008-02-01


Subject: Re: Python 3.0 breakage
From: James Stroud jstroud {- at -} MBI {- dot -} UCLA {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2008-02-01
This is a little alarmist. Python 2.x will continue to be around,
probably indefinitely. Its like fortran in that it has a lot of old
code around. I anticipate that Python 2.x will easily find a core of
developers willing to maintain its various implementations and its
standard library for years to come.

Python 3.0 should have just been named something like "Anaconda" or
"Boa" so people would not get confused by its eventual role. The idea
is to make a language that is more refined than its predecessor but
not to supplant its predecessor entirely, as the latter would be
unrealistic.

James



On Feb 1, 2008, at 3:10 PM, David J. Schuller wrote:

> This could be interesting:
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39292561,00.htm
>
> "Developers prepare for Python breakage
>
> Angus Kidman ZDNet Australia
>
> Published: 01 Feb 2008 10:43 GMT
>
> The launch of version 3.0 of Python, expected within the next year,
> will
> see major changes to some fundamental elements of the programming
> language, release manager Anthony Baxter explained in a keynote speech
> at linux.conf.au in Melbourne.
>
> Python is used extensively by Google for many of its products,
> including
> the popular YouTube video-sharing site.
>
> "3.0 is also known as the release where we break all your code but
> we're
> doing it for a good reason," Baxter said. "Python is 16 years old.
> Like
> all 16-year-olds, it's got some really annoying features."
>
> "Pretty much every program will need changes," Baxter said, but he
> stressed that the shift would be some time in coming..."

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James Stroud
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