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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:42:24 +1100
Subject: Re: Python to be replaced by the new language called Cookie !
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On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:19:38 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> These improvements are absolutely critical to the language, and should
>> be made in Python 2.5.7, 2.6.9, and 3.0.2. Anyone using a newer
>> version of Python is paying the price for early adoption, and should
>> back-level immediately to a supported version.
>
> I'm using 2.8.  Should I upgrade?

Definitely. Python 2.8 is supported only on Windows XP 64-bit, and you
should upgrade to 32-bit Python; this will give you a 50% saving on
all pointers, and Python uses a lot of pointers, so your code will be
more efficient.

ChrisA