[pypy-dev] python 3

[Yury Selivanov]

+1 to the question.  Why can't it be that way?

On 2011-08-17, at 2:30 PM, Miquel Torres wrote:

> @Armin
>> This would remain as a branch for the foreseeable future though,
>> because we still need a Python 2 interpreter, if only to run our own
>> translation toolchain on (and not suffer the 2.5x slow-down of running
>> it on CPython 2.x).
> I don't quite follow. Switching to Python 3 (I am not saying that
> would be a good idea, just clarifying) and release as, let's say, PyPy
> 2.0, doesn't mean that the impending 1.6 release would go away. Python
> 3 users would use PyPy 2.0+, while users of Python 2.7 would use PyPy
> 1.6. You would still be able to compile PyPy and its Python 2.7
> toolchain with PyPy 1.6, thus getting the 2.5x speed up.
> 
> Python 2.7 users would only miss on newer, faster PyPy releases, which
> is not the black and white picture some where describing. The only
> condition needed for this scenario to come about are continued
> availability of PyPy 1.6 packages and important bug fixes.
> 
> That said, 1.6 is probably not the right point for Python 2.x
> end-of-line, but maybe after 1.7 things will look differently...
> 
> Cheers,
> Miquel
> 
> 
> 2011/8/17 Brian Bouterse <bmbouter at gmail.com>:
>> I'm assuming it was a joke.
>> A huge amount of people today and likely over the next few years will
>> continue to rely on python 2.x where x (6,7).  Let's not downplay the
>> importance of PyPy supporting those communities.  I agree with you
>> Jean-Paul, Python 2 support in PyPy harms nothing.
>> Brian
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:04 AM, <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 02:54 am, yselivanov.ml at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, but that is kind of a weak argument, since the situation with python
>>>> 3 changes quickly.  More and more libraries are being ported each month.
>>>>  Supporting python 2 obviously just harms the python ecosystem, as nobody
>>>> interested in having two languages ;)
>>> 
>>> I don't understand what the wink is for.  Hopefully it means that's just a
>>> joke?  Because that's what it sounds like - support for Python 2 in PyPy
>>> harms nothing.
>>> 
>>> Jean-Paul
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