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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:27:17 +1100
Subject: Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:39:24 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> I strongly recommend upgrading. 2.3.4 dates back to 2004, that's roughly
>> a decade of bug fixes and feature enhancements behind the times.
>
> Python 2.3 is still supported by Red Hat, at least if you have paid for
> extended support. In principle at least, Red Hat will be providing
> security fixes for 2.3.

Oh, I thought they only supported 2.4. My bad. Still, there's ten
years of feature improvements, even if not security patches.

ChrisA