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I feel frustrated too, but I think Ubuntu 14.04 will tip the scales (it ships with Python 3 by default). Also, the core devs got at least some things right wit
by ak217 13y ago
I feel frustrated too, but I think Ubuntu 14.04 will tip the scales (it ships with Python 3 by default).
Also, the core devs got at least some things right with Python 3.3 by making it a lot easier to write code that targets 2.7 and 3.3 at the same time. In retrospect, that should have been the focus much sooner.
- claystu 13y agoAs a Linux user, I'd like to believe that Linux distros enjoy this kind of influence, but I honestly can't see how. How many people are still on Windows? How many are on OSX? How many are comfortable in 2.x and couldn't care less about new features? Python 3.x may be better in some ways, but it just doesn't look better enough. I wonder how long it will be before the 2.x community goes its own way like Perl 5.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> How many people are still on Windows? Windows doesn't ship with an OS-default version of Python and doesn't include OS features that depend on the OS-default version of python, so its not as influential in that regard. But, in that regard, the inclusion of the multiple-install-compatible python launcher in the basic Windows install of Python 3.3 probably improves the Python 3.x story on Windows, since it eases the multiple install pain and makes it easier to work with Python 3.x while having some Python 2.x software in use on Windows.
- Flimm 13y agoI also am sceptical that this will tip the scales, but for different reasons: you'll be able to install Python 2.7 with a single command. Plus, switching to Python 3 will still be difficult because many libraries still won't have been ported yet.