I don’t think that Python 3.0 is a bad thing. But that it’s displayed so prominently on the Python web site, without any kind of warning that it’s not going to work with 99% of the Python code out there, scares the hell out of me. People are going to download and install 3.0 by default, and nothing’s going to work. They’re going to complain, and many are going to simply walk away.
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agree. People are already asking if they'll be able to build full blown Pylons sites with py3K by March of 2009. There are probably around 20 dependencies that need to be ported for that to happen. Some of these ports are underway, others not.
mike bayer - 6th December 2008 18:50 - #
At last, someone who understands the major non-technical issues rather than assuming that everyone is hanging off GvR's every word, that Python language purity occupies the complete attention of Python developers to the exclusion of every other consideration, and that jumping through hoops (maintaining 2n branches sounds like so much fun) is acceptable if it's "for the cause".
Python 3.0 may be a lot like Python 2.x and earlier, but it's like standing on one mountaintop looking across a narrow valley at other mountaintop. People keep emphasizing how close they look on the map, but they don't want to talk about the journey between them.
Paul Boddie - 6th December 2008 19:13 - #