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Re: Bug!

From hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Bug!
Date 2015-08-21 23:26 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 8/21/2015 7:02 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:53 AM,  <sohcahtoa82@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 3:42:36 PM UTC-7, hamilton wrote:
>>> On 8/21/2015 1:41 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>> Python 3.5 does not support Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Is there a simple explanation for this ?
>>>
>>> Or is it just is.
>>
>> I have no relationship with the Python developers, but I would say that running such an old operating system is simply irresponsible due to security issues and should be discouraged in any way possible.
>>
>> Windows XP is 14 years old.  In the computing world, that's *ancient*.  It's time to upgrade and join the modern world.
>
> The security concerns of XP aren't Python's problem, and Python isn't
> in the business of twisting people's arms to make them upgrade just
> for the sake of upgrading. However, every new version of Windows
> introduces new APIs and features, so maintaining support for an older
> version means ignoring all features added since then; conversely,
> dropping support for XP means taking advantage of anything that was
> added in Vista. That's why the change in support.
>
> ChrisA
>
Thank You ChrisA, this make the best sense.

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Re: Bug! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 05:41 +1000
  Re: Bug! hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> - 2015-08-21 16:42 -0600
    Re: Bug! Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 18:07 -0500
    Re: Bug! sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-08-21 16:53 -0700
      Re: Bug! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:02 +1000
        Re: Bug! Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 21:37 -0700
          Re: Bug! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 15:16 +1000
        Re: Bug! hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> - 2015-08-21 23:26 -0600
      Re: Bug! Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2015-08-22 18:08 +0100
      Re: Bug! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 09:06 +1000
      Re: Bug! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-23 11:35 +1000
      Re: Bug! Simon Ward <simon@bleah.co.uk> - 2015-08-23 02:22 +0100

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