On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:20:37 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> Perhaps the *stupidest* thing the author of the "Python 3 is killing >> Python" blog post wrote was that it's easier to port Python code to a >> *completely different language*. I cannot fathom the idiocy of somebody >> who bitches and moans that having to re-write or redesign, oh, let's >> conservatively say 5% of your Python 2 code is harder than writing your >> code *completely from scratch* in a completely different language, with >> completely different third party libraries. > > There's only one way that it's easier to port to a completely new > language. Pick another language where string handling is as naive as my > last boss
But even then, you still have to re-write all your code in the new language. Using different libraries. All your unit tests are obsolete (although your integration tests may not be). End-user documentation will probably be re-usable, but documentation aimed at your developers will need to be re-written. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
