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Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?

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From Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date 2012-06-27 07:24 -0400
Subject Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Much easier to simply say no.

It's also easier to cease developing Python at all.

By which I mean: just because something is hard doesn't mean it
shouldn't be done. Lots of things Python does are hard, but they make
users' lives easier. The question should probably be where developer
effort is best spent, not where developers spend the least effort.

-- Devin

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Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> - 2012-06-25 12:10 +0200
  Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-25 19:28 -0700
    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 01:04 -0400
    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-26 08:24 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:32 -0700
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:32 -0700
  Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-25 19:28 -0700
    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-26 03:35 +0000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-26 00:33 -0400
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 02:15 -0400
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-26 07:40 +0000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-26 08:34 +0200
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:53 -0700
          Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:05 -0700
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:53 -0700
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Christian Tismer <tismer@stackless.com> - 2012-06-27 12:25 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:02 +1000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-27 13:22 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 07:24 -0400
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 22:05 +1000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Christian Tismer <tismer@stackless.com> - 2012-06-27 15:15 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-27 15:44 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 23:44 +1000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Christian Tismer <tismer@stackless.com> - 2012-06-27 16:34 +0200
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:58 +0300
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 22:08 +0300
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-27 17:14 -0400
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Christian Tismer <tismer@stackless.com> - 2012-06-28 00:11 +0200
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 17:44 -0700
          Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-28 04:32 +0000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:25 -0700
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 08:36 +0300
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-28 07:47 +0200
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-06-28 02:34 -0700
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-06-28 02:34 -0700
          Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 20:14 +1000
    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-06-27 07:45 -0400

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