On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 03/08/2015 02:27, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 08:34 am, Rick Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> So what? If i had to guess, i would guess that the hacks are
>>> mostly to bring py3000 features to 2.7
>>
>>
>> These would be the featu
On 03/08/2015 02:27, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 08:34 am, Rick Johnson wrote:
So what? If i had to guess, i would guess that the hacks are
mostly to bring py3000 features to 2.7
These would be the features of Python 3 that nobody needs and nobody wants
because Python 2 is good
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 08:34 am, Rick Johnson wrote:
>> Just because company X is using 2.7, why does that mean
>> that *you* shouldn't using 3.x? Surely you should make
>> your own decision, based on your own needs.
>
> It's not just *ANY* company Steven, it's Guido's freaking
> employer! That would
On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 6:25:37 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Wind the clock back to 2012, when Guido was working for Google.
> Dropbox wants him. Is he going to refuse the job unless they *first*
> get onto Py3, or is he going to accept the job with a view to
> migrating them?
Well, i do
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Rick Johnson
wrote:
> On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 3:05:09 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> If Dropbox were using Python 1.5, would you conclude that
>> Python 2 was not worth developing in?
>
> No, if Dropbox were using py1.5, i would conclude that it was
> be
On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 3:05:09 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> If Dropbox were using Python 1.5, would you conclude that
> Python 2 was not worth developing in?
No, if Dropbox were using py1.5, i would conclude that it was
being managed by monkeys -- since Py1.5 existed before
Dropbox w
On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 04:57 am, Rick Johnson wrote:
> On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 12:45:45 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> > Yep, even the BDFL is actively developing in 2.7! He's no fool.
>>
>> Of course not. Dropbox pay him to work on their systems,
>> and he wants to keep his job.
>
>
On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 12:45:45 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > Yep, even the BDFL is actively developing in 2.7! He's no fool.
>
> Of course not. Dropbox pay him to work on their systems,
> and he wants to keep his job.
Thanks for confirming my point that Python3 is not worth
devel
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 01:08 pm, Rick Johnson wrote:
> On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 1:33:36 AM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote:
>> The Dropbox cluster runs a modified Python 2.7, he said, which
>> elicited audience laughter. "I said it, it is no secret", he said.
>
> Yep, even the BDFL is actively developing
On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 1:33:36 AM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote:
> The Dropbox cluster runs a modified Python 2.7, he said, which
> elicited audience laughter. "I said it, it is no secret", he said.
Yep, even the BDFL is actively developing in 2.7! He's no fool.
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On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 12:03:36 PM UTC+5:30, Paul Rubin wrote:
> The final question was about what he hates in Python. "Anything to do
> with package distribution", he answered immediately. There are problems
> with version skew and dependencies that just make for an "endless
> mess". He dread
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