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| Date | 2014-05-24 12:08 -0700 |
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| From | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> |
| Subject | Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 05/24/2014 09:03 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> >> Instead of focusing on bringing legacy libraries to Python3 (for which >> there never seems to be a critical need), Python3 needs a brand new >> killer module/application/library that is only available on Python3. > > Yikes! Backwards incompatibility is a poor excuse for NIH syndrome. > > Don't reinvent the wheel, please. If there's an existing > implementation of a thing, that can save you a lot of work. Even if it > ties you to Python 2, that's worth it, most of the time. If you want > to migrate to Python 3, help that library forward, rather than trying > to make some bespoke replacement you think will be a killer app. +1 -- ~Ethan~
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How keep Python 3 moving forward Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-23 21:16 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-23 19:57 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-23 17:27 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-23 21:12 -0400
Python 3 support for Fabric (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-24 14:29 +1000
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward - suds & Python 3 Jurko Gospodnetić <jurko.gospodnetic@pke.hr> - 2014-05-25 10:54 +0200
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2014-05-25 11:25 +0200
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-25 14:03 -0400
Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-05-26 13:16 +1000
Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-05-26 08:44 -0400
Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-27 02:59 +0000
Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-26 20:54 -0700
Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-27 03:06 +0000
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-24 00:13 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward blindanagram <noone@nowhere.net> - 2014-05-24 15:35 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-24 12:59 +0300
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 03:40 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 09:03 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-24 22:49 +0300
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-24 21:11 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-24 20:27 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-24 23:43 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-25 08:21 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-25 10:38 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-25 18:17 +0000
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-05-25 13:56 -0500
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-25 13:18 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-25 11:34 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-25 21:24 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-25 18:22 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-26 00:09 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-26 07:03 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-26 10:24 +1000
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-25 17:32 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-26 01:52 +1000
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-25 17:32 +0100
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-05-25 18:20 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-25 21:32 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-05-24 12:08 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2014-05-24 21:44 +0200
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 11:02 -0700
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2014-05-25 20:45 -0400
Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-24 14:06 +0000
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