Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed1.swip.net!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!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 0.023 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'say,': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'needless': 0.16; 'nick': 0.16; 'received:192.168.0.11': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'aug': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'subject:like': 0.24; 'switched': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'suggested': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'another': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'otherwise.': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'short': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'ago,': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.63; 'today': 0.64; 'our': 0.64; '2014,': 0.84; 'relief.': 0.84; 'to:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.84; 'url:2014': 0.84; 'url:posts': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=2XiKB3X59LjYTUwMdWcsBgGeHYNiFwmai+G+d/E2axs=; b=paKvuk03PNghCeGbAquGGkITV9rW2dH7VtkzIPMYjTF26MKYJ51TmoHbdlSVF2Crvs 5/ZK2wF8oCitSWI+JUprKRkmYPCduYvVtnoytGFh7Xe9nq6VlyzEcdGIe1HT6EpQvc0J J0XroBWpb+5w9aMfTS0c9SvCIb77QtcCOD2USELbKzf/t5X8B3758SKTuJ0l9vkWfTMV t+cWWcj9gAKfAgCBqmvc4R9BLoY4p+FVn44cc2Eib95iKUmfyI7Gylt0mbnoQc2zAw2R CHuTElrmVSdjTgLBxJcpYVddfNu8kxTKibYAJG2hEvKDqf0+hzuIkVnEk6okrwFyqoso aeyg== X-Received: by 10.43.95.10 with SMTP id ca10mr3177597icc.55.1408317470971; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:17:50 -0700 (PDT) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11D257) From: "Redge @ Versalytics.com" Subject: Re: Why Python 4.0 won't be like Python 3.0 Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:17:52 -0400 To: Mark Lawrence X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 04:27:03 +0200 Cc: "python-list@python.org" 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: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1408328824 news.xs4all.nl 2846 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52389 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76444 > On Aug 17, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote= : >=20 > A blog from Nick Coghlan http://www.curiousefficiency.org/posts/2014/08/py= thon-4000.html that should help put a few minds to rest. >=20 > --=20 > My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask > what you can do for our language. >=20 > Mark Lawrence >=20 > --=20 > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Definitely a relief. After delving into Python only a few short months ago, e= verything I was reading suggested 2.x.x. When I switched to another book to c= ontinue with my studies, some of the code wasn't working ... welcome to 3.x.= x. Needless to say, I'm using 3.4.1 exclusively today unless something biza= rre requires me to do otherwise. Thanks for sharing.=