The looming Python 3(000) monster

[Les Mikesell]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> 
>> We're just now dealing with Python 2.6, but over on the radar is perhaps one
>> of the most incompatible upgrades to the language we've seen in Python 3.  I
>> personally haven't tried it yet, but it /aims/ to be incompatble, which is
>> perhaps one of the most glaring signs a language designer has lost it that
>> I've seen.
> 
> 
> Was that last line really necessary for your post?

Incompatibility isn't a relative thing.  More/most, etc., are irrelevant 
because compatibility is a yes or no question.  If you want a language 
that you can expect to run your programs unchanged in the future, you 
should have learned years ago that python wasn't it.

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   Les Mikesell
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