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From: Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Re: Python 3 is killing Python
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:14:56 BST
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in 722944 20140601 124133 Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:01:46 BST, Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>in 722929 20140601 035727 Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>
>>>No, it's a bit like flying in a Boeing 747 rather than a Concorde. The latyer
>>>may be later and more technically advanced and flew faster, but no one uses or
>>>supports it.
>>
>>Actually, the Concorde preceded the 747, and wasn't as "technically advanced",
>>it was just faster.
>
>Boeing 747s were in airline service in 1970, Concorde didn't enter service
>till 4-5 years later.

Concorde design started in the early 50s, 747 mid-to-late 60s.