[arch-general] Python 3 Rationale?

Max Countryman maxc at me.com
Wed Oct 20 10:14:10 EDT 2010


But is that what Python development has decided?

On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:05, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at extof.me> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:03 AM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at extof.me> wrote:
>> 
>> i like the python2.7, python2, python3.1, python3, etc, scheme... i
>> think this makes it very easy for developers to select the specific
>> interpreter they need, if any.  i hope this trend becomes/is defacto.
>> if you are just running `python`, you should be prepared for the
>> environment ambiguity it entails.
> 
> beh, i meant to add that the `python` name should always link to the
> latest release; i don't believe in catering to 'the way it is now'.
> 
> C Anthony


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