Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'python3': 0.07; 'upgraded': 0.07; '2to3': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'andy': 0.16; 'compatible.': 0.16; 'mark,': 0.16; 'merely': 0.16; 'python3.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'app': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '---': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'code': 0.31; 'entirely': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'agree': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'save': 0.62; 'complete': 0.62; "you've": 0.63; 'protection': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'smith': 0.68; '1st': 0.74; '2.8': 0.84; '99.999%': 0.84; 'act.': 0.84; 'crew': 0.84; 'forced': 0.84; 'loose': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; 'subject:source': 0.84; 'subject:Make': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Make Python Compilable, convert to Python source to Go Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 12:40:15 +0100 References: <4300c94d-316b-46b8-9d51-856b60273334@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-204-139.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140524-1, 24/05/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1401018024 news.xs4all.nl 2938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:71998 On 25/05/2014 12:02, mm0fmf wrote: > On 25/05/2014 11:24, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 25/05/2014 09:17, bookaa bookaa wrote: >>> Maybe I will work on Python 3 later. >>> >> >> That's good to know, it'll save me wasting my time looking at it now. >> > OT: > Mark, you've been pro-Python3 enough in your recent postings you have > forced me to act. I've just upgraded my 1st Python2 app to Python3. 2to3 > did 99.999% of the work and I had to get a more modern version of a > package which was Python3 compatible. > > From Tuesday (Monday is a holiday), all new Python code at work will be > Python3 > > Andy I merely think Python 3 is the way to go, and that the Python 2.8 crew don't so much have loose screws, but never had them fitted in the first place. FTR I entirely agree with Roy Smith about sticking with Python 2 in his situation, strikes me as a complete no brainer. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com