On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 06:25:31PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > > HI, > > There are many and many programming languages (mainly : C,C++,java, > > Shell, Perl, python, php). which learn and use, in which circonstances > > use that language instead of the other. > > > > In many situations we can use anyone, but which is better. > > If you are running on *NIX, the ability to at least read a sh script is > very helpful. I haven't spent enough time figuring out the syntax of > test (multiple [ with or without spaces); seems too arcane unless you do > it every day. I use sh the way DOS uses .bat files. If its more > complicated, I go to something else. > > I've done a lot in Python. I have a lot of python programs. The new > version of python will change the print statement to a print function > (among other language changes) which will mean porting old stuff to new. > Yuck. >
Doug, from what I understand the new version of Python won't replace Python 2.x, but instead it will be somewhat of a fork -- there are still plans for development of a Python 2.7, as to not break compatibility while still allowing for improvements (though, it is suggested that you port everything to new) -- http://pobega.wordpress.com http://identica/pobega
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