Re: Python 3.x adoption

From	Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Python 3.x adoption
Date	2014-01-17 21:49 -0500
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<roy-D773EC.21492117012014@news.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<lb434o$na8$1@speranza.aioe.org> <lbbi46$nep$2@reader1.panix.com> <mailman.5645.1389975288.18130.python-list@python.org> <lbc296$itl$1@reader1.panix.com>

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In article <lbc296$itl$1@reader1.panix.com>,
 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 2014-01-17, Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > On 2014-01-17 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> > What's wrong?...  
> >> 
> >> Python 2.7 still does everything 99% of us need to do, and we're too
> >> lazy to switch.
> >
> > And in most distros, typing "python" invokes 2.x, and explicitly
> > typing "python3" is almost 17% longer.  We're a lazy bunch! :-)
> 
> And my touch typing accuracy/speed drops pretty noticably when I have
> to use the top row of keys...

This is why shells have the ability to create aliases, and also why 
command-line autocomplete was invented :-)

Thread

Python 3.x adoption Staszek <noreply@eisenbits.com> - 2014-01-14 20:33 +0100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-01-14 13:38 -0600
    Re: Python 3.x adoption beliavsky@aol.com - 2014-01-17 14:16 -0800
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-17 22:51 +0000
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-17 18:03 -0500
        Re: Python 3.x adoption beliavsky@aol.com - 2014-01-18 05:27 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-01-21 11:04 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-01-21 11:15 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 06:25 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-17 23:12 +0000
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-18 10:17 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-17 20:01 -0500
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-18 12:18 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-18 12:27 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-15 06:44 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-15 02:55 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-15 03:30 +0000
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-01-15 07:43 -0800
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2014-01-16 13:57 +0100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 03:14 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-15 16:46 +0000
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 04:08 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Christopher Welborn <cjwelborn@live.com> - 2014-01-15 11:37 -0600
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-17 15:27 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-01-17 10:15 -0600
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-17 20:02 +0000
        Re: Python 3.x adoption Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-17 21:49 -0500
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-17 16:21 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-17 17:10 -0500

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