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From: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:24:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Much easier to simply say no.

It's also easier to cease developing Python at all.

By which I mean: just because something is hard doesn't mean it
shouldn't be done. Lots of things Python does are hard, but they make
users' lives easier. The question should probably be where developer
effort is best spent, not where developers spend the least effort.

-- Devin