Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code

From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code
Date	2016-01-14 15:52 -0700
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> So you're suggesting that GvR *WILLINGLY* left a global, and
> well established giant, to work for a tiny start-up because
> his bosses refused to switch from Python2 to (his new baby)
> Pyhton3?
>
> So, let me get this strait: he wasn't fired, *HE QUIT*???

It's even still plausible if you just cut everything after the
"because" from that first sentence. People leave large companies like
Google to go work at start-ups where they believe they'll be able to
have more impact all the time.

It's certainly much more likely than your speculation that he was
fired because of Python 3. Google isn't in the habit of firing
talented engineers for idiotically trivial reasons so they can be
scooped up by the competition.

> I wonder if he's considered the possibility that Google may
> swoop in an purchase Dropbox at some time in the near
> future, and he could find himself working for google once
> again.

Google already has a cloud storage service.

> And you know what would be the ultimate form of
> irony, if they forced him to migrate Dropbox *BACK* to
> Python2!

What a ridiculous waste of programmer time that would be.

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Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-13 18:30 +1100
  Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code sjmsoft@gmail.com - 2016-01-13 06:21 -0800
    Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-01-13 11:25 -0500
      Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-14 11:10 +1100
        Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 22:40 -0200
          Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-14 12:02 +1100
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 18:24 -0700
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-13 21:39 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-01-13 21:59 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-14 07:41 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-14 14:43 +0100
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@VybeNetworks.com> - 2016-01-14 08:47 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-14 16:32 +0100
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@VybeNetworks.com> - 2016-01-14 10:47 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-14 17:52 +0100
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-01-15 16:08 +1300
              Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 15:56 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-01-16 10:02 +1300
              Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 09:40 -0200
          Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Robin Koch <robin.koch@t-online.de> - 2016-01-15 19:29 +0100
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 16:43 -0200
        Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-01-13 19:53 -0500
        Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 17:02 -0800
          Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 12:29 +1100
          Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 19:11 -0700
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 18:51 -0800
              Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 14:08 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 19:29 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 22:18 -0700
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:30 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 04:41 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 10:40 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code <paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 13:16 -0700
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-15 09:04 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 15:16 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-14 19:16 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2016-01-14 01:37 -0800
          Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-01-14 00:45 -0500
            Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:52 -0800
              Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 15:52 -0700
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 15:55 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2016-01-15 06:52 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-01-16 09:49 +1300
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 14:34 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 13:45 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2016-01-15 12:02 -0500
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 16:09 -0200
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-15 18:46 +0000
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 16:55 -0200
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-01-16 14:41 +0000
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 12:48 -0200
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com - 2016-01-16 09:08 -0700
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2016-01-16 13:00 -0500
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 12:26 -0700
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 13:43 +1100
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2016-01-15 13:49 -0500
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 16:53 -0200
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 20:58 +0000
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Christopher Reimer <christopher_reimer@icloud.com> - 2016-01-15 14:09 -0800
                Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Christopher Reimer <christopher_reimer@icloud.com> - 2016-01-16 20:51 -0800
    Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 03:38 +1100
  Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-01-14 10:38 +1300
    Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 19:46 -0200
  Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-01-14 01:02 +0000
    Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 12:21 +1100
      Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-01-14 01:49 +0000

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