<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Mar 17, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>I agree. Improving 2.7 and not 3.2+ would give people a reason to not move to 3.x.<br><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>FWIW, I think this is mischaracterizing the proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>The spectrum of options from worst to best is</div><div>1) compare but give the wrong answer</div><div>2) compare but give the right answer</div><div>3) refuse to compare.</div><div><br></div><div>Py3.x is already in the best position, it refuses to compare.</div><div>IOW, is already is as improved as it can get.</div><div><br></div><div>P2.6 is in the worst position. The proposal is to make</div><div>it better, but not as good as 3.x.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Raymond</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></body></html>