Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Neil Cerutti Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Will Python 3.x ever become the actual standard? Date: 23 Oct 2013 15:04:03 GMT Organization: Norwich University Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <6e0bbc6b-9435-4a4b-8840-8a46cc4e0cc5@googlegroups.com> <5267CB8E.1010504@timgolden.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net wnDra6Kca9pKPVaC0tle/AmUqvsGT0dhF9RzVmeUmsf2FeEBwE Cancel-Lock: sha1:f2GMXTMuhDN1THEijJZrPB4S2Lc= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1/mm/ao (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57371 On 2013-10-23, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 23/10/2013 14:13, Tim Golden wrote: >> On 23/10/2013 14:05, Colin J. Williams wrote: >>>> >>> It would be good if more of the packages were available, for Python 3.3, >>> in binary for the Windows user. >>> >>> I am currently wrestling with Pandas, lxml etc. >> >> Can I assume you're aware of the industrious Christopher Gohlke? >> >> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ >> >> TJG > > Thankfully I am. I confess I don't understand how *nix people > endure having to compile code instead of having a binary > install. To me it's like going to the garage to buy a new car, > being shown the parts and the tool kit and being told to get on > with it. Perhaps it's a case of second class treatment for > users of a second class OS? Ducks and runs for cover :) They usually don't. Users of most distributions have an awesome device called a package manager. -- Neil Cerutti