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Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 09:23:51 +1000
Subject: Re: l = range(int(1E9))
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On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wro=
te:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Very easily and simply: Python 3 and Python 2 will always install
>> separately, and the only possible conflicts are over the "python"
>> command in PATH and which program is associated with ".py" files.
>
> Calling =E2=80=98python=E2=80=99 is now ambiguous, and with Python 2 slip=
ping inexorably
> into the past, increasingly the =E2=80=98python=E2=80=99 command is the w=
rong choice for
> code that we want to survive in the future.
>
> I am seeing a growing call, with which I agree, to recommend explicitly
> calling =E2=80=98python2=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98python3=E2=80=99 as command=
s.
>

Agreed. And on Windows, the "py -3" or "py -2" options are also available.

ChrisA