Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <aberg010@my.HennepinTech.edu>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'cpython': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'explicit': 0.07; 'yeah,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'windows': 0.15; '"python"': 0.16; 'received:10.255': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'command': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '2.x': 0.24; "shouldn't": 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'received:10.0.0': 0.31; 'that.': 0.31; 'python2.7': 0.31; 'maybe': 0.34; 'done': 0.36; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:The': 0.64; 'batchelder': 0.84; 'freebsd': 0.84
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:32:57 -0500
From: Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: <python-list@python.org>
Subject: Re: Martijn Faassen: The Call of Python 2.8
References: <liglsq$djb$1@ger.gmane.org> <mailman.9249.1397481610.18130.python-list@python.org> <87y4z8koi0.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <mailman.9267.1397534089.18130.python-list@python.org> <87r44zgp5y.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <CAN1F8qXF_XtgXVszphOUYyq4nWHJXzErXBCAncRHcJwNh5tMBA@mail.gmail.com> <likb78$2s6$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <likb78$2s6$1@ger.gmane.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: [98.240.141.71]
X-Forefront-PRVS: 0182DBBB05
X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10009001)(6009001)(428001)(24454002)(199002)(189002)(83506001)(80316001)(83322001)(87936001)(50466002)(86362001)(74502001)(31966008)(74662001)(99396002)(80976001)(46102001)(4396001)(75432001)(65816999)(76482001)(54356999)(87266999)(77096999)(76176999)(50986999)(81342001)(81542001)(23676002)(65956001)(80022001)(77982001)(92566001)(65806001)(85852003)(83072002)(66066001)(92726001)(79102001)(33656001)(47776003)(20776003)(59896001); DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:BLUPR03MB051; H:BY2PRD0310HT004.namprd03.prod.outlook.com; FPR:7C90C8A7.FC3E6315.19D53F80.C4E1CF31.200CF; MLV:sfv; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:0; MX:1; LANG:en;
Received-SPF: None (: my.HennepinTech.edu does not designate permitted sender hosts)
X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu
X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:39:33 +0200
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.9304.1397601574.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 14
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1397601574 news.xs4all.nl 2885 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39161
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70303

On 2014.04.15 17:18, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> Yeah, that's the wrong way to do it, and they shouldn't have done that. 
>   "python" needs to mean Python 2.x for a long time.
Or maybe explicit is better than implicit:

# python
zsh: command not found: python
# which python2.7
/usr/local/bin/python2.7
# which python3.4
/usr/local/bin/python3.4

-- 
CPython 3.4.0 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 10.0