Re: the Gravity of Python 2

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On 06/01/2014 19:41, Mark Janssen wrote:
>> http://blog.startifact.com/posts/python-2-gravity.html
>>
>> "A Way Forward - How to go forward then? I think it makes sense to work as
>> hard as possible to lift those Python 2 codebases out of the gravity well."
>>
>> I think this is complete nonsense.  There's only been five years since the
>> first release of Python 3.  Surely much more time should be made available
>> for people using Python 2 to plan for a migration?
>
> What makes no sense is that you've started a whole 'nother thread on
> an issue whose gravity is right here, already on the list.  Add your
> new commentary and links to existing threads would be easier, yes?
>

I've just had a really good chuckle reading that coming from you.  Got 
the new dealer yet?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Re: the Gravity of Python 2 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-06 19:44 +0000

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