Python, Windows, and Cygwin

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Mon Mar 16 16:05:35 EDT 2009


VirginSnow at vfemail.net writes:

>> Re Py3, the issue at hand is that the community has been planning Py3 for
>> years and has agreed to move to it.  This migration is like a slinky, and
>
> And by what authority do you claim to know the will of the "community"?
>
>> Any new Python-based projects should be Py3 based.  It's self-defeating to
>> do anything else.
>
> Of course your way is the only way.  (I already knew that...)
>
>> Any new Python programmers should learn Py3 to start with so they don't have
>> to unlearn the poor programming practices that are no longer supported in
>> Py3.

I'm not sure why you have a problem with what Arc said.  I found no
problem with it at all.  It's entirely consistent with the way open
source frameworks have been developed for years.

When Perl4 was mainstream and Perl5 was release, it was often
recommended that new people learn Perl5 over Perl4 for exactly the
reasons Arc cited.

I also don't believe he was espousing "his" way either, rather making
a suggestion based on the current state of the language.

-- 
Seeya,
Paul


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