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Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 12:08:47 -0700
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On 05/24/2014 09:03 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
 >>
>> 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.
>
> Yikes! Backwards incompatibility is a poor excuse for NIH syndrome.
>
> Don't reinvent the wheel, please. If there's an existing
> implementation of a thing, that can save you a lot of work. Even if it
> ties you to Python 2, that's worth it, most of the time. If you want
> to migrate to Python 3, help that library forward, rather than trying
> to make some bespoke replacement you think will be a killer app.

+1

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~Ethan~