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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63397

As a counterpoint to 2 versus 3:
http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_answers.html
by Nick Coughlan, one of Python's major core developers.

A couple of points related to the other threads.

1. There were real social and technical reasons for the non-2.8 pep (404).

2. Python 3 is a work in progress with respect to the new text model. In 
particular wire protocol programming is a known problem area and will 
get attention. But it is only a small part of the total Python universe.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy