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Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS

Date 2012-09-30 22:54 -0500
From Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS
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On 2012.09.30 22:06, Edward Diener wrote:
> The problem with that is that one has to already being using 3.3 to use 
> this facility. I was hoping for a solution which was backwards 
> compatible with Python 2.x.
It's a separate tool that comes with 3.3. You can install 3.3 and never
use the actual 3.3 interpreter if you wish.

> That does not solve the problem for Python 2.x distributions.
Compatibility across versions of Python is irrelevant; the launcher
doesn't execute any Python code itself.
Straight from the PEP:
> The launcher is not tied to a specific version of Python - eg., a
> launcher distributed with Python 3.3 should be capable of locating and
> executing any Python 2.x and Python 3.x version.

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CPython 3.3.0 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17835

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Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-09-30 15:14 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 14:38 -0500
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-09-30 23:06 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 22:54 -0500
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-30 23:55 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 09:28 +0100
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-01 13:32 -0400
        Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:06 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> - 2012-10-01 15:36 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 20:46 +0100
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:16 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-10-01 16:02 +0000
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:15 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-05 13:29 +0100
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-05 17:32 -0400
        Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 20:51 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-10-06 00:27 -0700
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 21:13 -0600

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