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Python 3 wasn't really starting anew, they were also balancing the ongoing screaming about every difference from Python 2.
by pekk 11y ago
Python 3 wasn't really starting anew, they were also balancing the ongoing screaming about every difference from Python 2.
- zabbadabba 11y agoIt is curious how they completely revamped Python making most Python3 code incompatible with Python2 and yet they wanted to preserve C API "compatibility". Compatibility with what? Most Python3 modules had to be rewritten anyway - it was the perfect opportunity to fix the C API and get rid of the GIL once and for all.
- ericsnow 11y agoyou forgot your <hand-wavy gross exaggeration> tags