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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: Python 3 is killing Python
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:49:07 +0300
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>:

> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:08:03 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
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>> I agree it was a grave mistake.
>
> On what basis do you believe it was a mistake?

The supposed flaws in Python 2 weren't a good enough reason to break
backward-compatibility.


Marko