Gerhard Häring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The difference is that Guido learnt from the mistakes of Perl 6 and set
> much more realistic (moderate) goals for Python 3.0.
Another difference is that by the time Perl 6 was being worked on, there
were other new things on the horizon. People wanti
On Apr 9, 11:53 am, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> jmDesktop wrote:
> > If I continue in Python 2.5.x, am I making a mistake? Is it really
> > that different?
>
> No. It may never happen, either. The Perl crowd tried
> something like this, Perl 6, which was announced in 2000 and sti
John Nagle wrote:
> jmDesktop wrote:
>
>> If I continue in Python 2.5.x, am I making a mistake? Is it really
>> that different?
>
>No. It may never happen, either. The Perl crowd tried
> something like this, Perl 6, which was announced in 2000 and still
> hasn't come out. The C++ standard
On Apr 10, 8:12 am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "jmDesktop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | Two new versions of the language are currently in development: version
> | 2.6, which retains backwards compatibility with previous releases; and
> | versio
"jmDesktop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Two new versions of the language are currently in development: version
| 2.6, which retains backwards compatibility with previous releases; and
| version 3.0, which breaks backwards compatibility to the extent that
| even t
jmDesktop schrieb:
> If I continue in Python 2.5.x, am I making a mistake? Is it really
> that different?
I'm speaking as a long time Python user and Python core developer here.
You are safe to ignore Python 3.0 for now. :] You can start worrying
about the 3.x series in 2010 when Python 3.1 is o
On Apr 9, 11:53 am, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The general consensus is that Python 3.x isn't much of an
there are a number of unfortunate typos in there that interfere with
the message,
instead of "The general consensus is" I think you actually meant "In
my opinion"
i.
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jmDesktop wrote:
> If I continue in Python 2.5.x, am I making a mistake? Is it really
> that different?
No. It may never happen, either. The Perl crowd tried
something like this, Perl 6, which was announced in 2000 and still
hasn't come out. The C++ standards committee has been working on
Mike Driscoll wrote:
> On Apr 9, 7:04 am, jmDesktop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am a new Python programmer. I have always desired to learn Python,
>> but have never had the opportunity. Recently this has changed, and I
>> have an opportunity to get away from the .NET framework. I found
>> Dj
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There will be a `2to3.py` program coming with Python 2.6 that tries to
> convert most changes automatically. You may have to change the 2.6 code
> in a way that makes the automatic conversion possible but it i
On Apr 9, 7:04 am, jmDesktop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a new Python programmer. I have always desired to learn Python,
> but have never had the opportunity. Recently this has changed, and I
> have an opportunity to get away from the .NET framework. I found
> Django (and other web framewo
jmDesktop wrote:
> I am a new Python programmer. I have always desired to learn Python,
> but have never had the opportunity. Recently this has changed, and I
> have an opportunity to get away from the .NET framework. I found
> Django (and other web frameworks) and began my quest to learn. I
>
On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:04:20 -0700, jmDesktop wrote:
> If I continue in Python 2.5.x, am I making a mistake? Is it really
> that different?
No it's still Python and most things you've learned with 2.x stay the same.
> Here is an excerpt that is causing me concern:
>
> Two new versions of the l
I am a new Python programmer. I have always desired to learn Python,
but have never had the opportunity. Recently this has changed, and I
have an opportunity to get away from the .NET framework. I found
Django (and other web frameworks) and began my quest to learn. I
started reading Dive Into P
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