Re: Asking for prophecy

2009-03-06 Thread Terry Reedy
Stefan Spoettl wrote: In the pass it was always a good idea to use the newest Python verison for starting the development of a new application. First one could benefit from the additional features and second one could be sure that the community would have been passing during development. Nowa

Re: Asking for prophecy

2009-03-06 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 6, 1:23 pm, "andrew cooke" wrote: > 3 and 2.6 are compatible.  so develop on 3, to make sure you don't use old > junk, and then switch to 2.6 if you need to.  there are a few wrinkles in > doing so, but it is not a big problem. > > 3.0 is a nicer language.  it's cleaner and more consistent.

Re: Asking for prophecy

2009-03-06 Thread andrew cooke
3 and 2.6 are compatible. so develop on 3, to make sure you don't use old junk, and then switch to 2.6 if you need to. there are a few wrinkles in doing so, but it is not a big problem. 3.0 is a nicer language. it's cleaner and more consistent. i think important libraries will move there. no

Asking for prophecy

2009-03-06 Thread Stefan Spoettl
In the pass it was always a good idea to use the newest Python verison for starting the development of a new application. First one could benefit from the additional features and second one could be sure that the community would have been passing during development. Nowadays we have at least th