Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 12:59:01 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <87tx8fh50a.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ff5cf27ef3d5b31f034d3b72bdc27a41"; logging-data="1306"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8iY5zlJf5lK4lOXHdhazJ" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bPXR1Pj2VHWZn5tJtBAJW44f+ss= sha1:ol5t4Z5ggvdoCy1h3vSqt99R1q8= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:71961 blindanagram : >> Quote: >> """ And with Python 3.4 I really have not heard anyone complain that >> they wouldn't like to use Python 3 instead of Python 2. """ >> >> Or the devs do not wish to listen. >> >> Python 3 will never work. > > It works for me. Instead of focusing on bringing legacy libraries to Python3 (for which there never seems to be a critical need), Python3 needs a brand new killer module/application/library that is only available on Python3. Asyncio is a baby step in that direction. Marko