Guido, Dropbox, and Python
For those who have not heard, Guido left Google Friday and starts at Dropbox in January. (I hope you enjoy the break in between ;-). https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/277126763295944705 https://tech.dropbox.com/2012/12/welcome-guido/ My question, Guido, is how this will affect Python development, and in particular, your work on async. If not proprietary info, does or will Dropbox use Python3? -- Terry Jan Reedy
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
For those who have not heard, Guido left Google Friday and starts at Dropbox in January. (I hope you enjoy the break in between ;-).
Thank you, I am already enjoying it!
https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/277126763295944705 https://tech.dropbox.com/2012/12/welcome-guido/
My question, Guido, is how this will affect Python development, and in particular, your work on async. If not proprietary info, does or will Dropbox use Python3?
It should not change a thing. I don't know whether Dropbox uses Python 3 but I don't think it will make any difference. Of course I have not yet started working at Dropbox so I will be able to give better answers in a few months. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
On Dec 10, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
My question, Guido, is how this will affect Python development, and in particular, your work on async. If not proprietary info, does or will Dropbox use Python3?
I talked to some Dropbox people tonight, and they said they use 2.7 for the client and 2.5 for the server. It is a project for them to switch the server to using 2.7. --Chris Sent from my iPhone
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Terry Reedy