Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '(at': 0.04; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'anyway.': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'scripting': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'mostly': 0.14; "wouldn't": 0.14; 'indirectly': 0.16; 'internally': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'scripting.': 0.16; 'wxpython': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'meant': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'paul': 0.24; '---': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'supported': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; 'getting': 0.31; '-0700,': 0.31; 'scripting,': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'everyone': 0.33; 'programmers': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; '2.6': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'so,': 0.37; 'whatever': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'protection': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'flash': 0.69; '2.7.': 0.84; 'actually,': 0.84; 'indirect': 0.84; 'person)': 0.84; 'phoenix': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; 'snapshots': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Why Python 3? Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 01:11:51 +0100 References: <7x8ur1esa5.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <7xha5od6mr.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-192-136.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140420-1, 20/04/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1398039126 news.xs4all.nl 2868 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56040 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70446 On 21/04/2014 00:50, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:25:32 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > >> Terry Reedy writes: >>> LibreOffice bundles 3.3. So anyone who does Python scripting in >>> LibreOffice is using Python 3. Actually, I believe LO uses Python >>> internally for some of its scripting. If so, everyone using LO is >>> indirectly using 3.3. >> >> I didn't even know LO supported Python scripting, but I wouldn't count >> such indirect use anyway. I meant I don't know any Python programmers >> (at least in person) who use Python 3 for their daily coding. I think >> this is mostly because they (and I) use whatever is in the OS distro, >> and that is generally still 2.6 or 2.7. > > I would use Python 3 in a flash if only wxPython would support it. > It's getting there with the Phoenix project. Snapshots available here http://wxpython.org/Phoenix/snapshot-builds/ -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com