"Peter Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> Python is exceptionally backwards compatible, so generally
> code from an older version will run unchanged on newer
> Pythons.

I'm just curious: why exceptionally? I like Python for a lot of
reasons but I wouldn't put API stability high on the list.
Not compared with a traditional language like C or Fortran,
anyway. Which languages go around breaking backwards
conmpatibility in a cavalier way?


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