Howdy, I'm confused about the motivation of releasing python2.6 and python3.0 at the *same* time. IMO, 2.6 should be compatible with 2.5 while 3.0 is new style python. Currenly, most python projects works fine in 2.5. When 3.0 becomes final release, those projects will be gradually moved to 3.0. But even without the intermediate version 2.6, project transformation with be smooth enough, and then 2.5, 2.6 will be replaced by 3.0. I will not spend any time on studying 2.6. So why does python development team put many efforts on 2.6? What is the role of 2.6?
Another question is about the future of C++. I am a C++ programmer. Since I studied python, most of my projects becomes written in python because of the better and simpler OOP representation. As a supplement, I use python C extension for computational extensive jobs. Therefore, for a relatively long time, I do not use C++ any more... Anyone is same to me? What is your attitude to the role of C++ in the age of python? Best regards, -- ShenLei -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
