Integer division revisited (was Re: [Python-Dev] Gradual migration)

[Paul Prescod]

Peter Funk wrote:
> 
> ..
> 
> Bruce Sherwood and David Scherer suggested a IMHO very clever solution to
> this particular problem in March/April this year.  This thread was first
> posted to idle-dev and afterwards X-posted to python-dev:
> 
> http://www.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2000-April/000138.html
> http://www.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2000-April/000140.html
> http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-April/010029.html
 
Tim's last message on it doesn't sound overwhelmingly positiive to me!
Also, don't forget that Python is also a command line so "version
pragmas" cause additional complexity there.

-- 
 Paul Prescod
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. 
	- http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html