[Python-Dev] Python 3 design principles

skip@pobox.com skip at pobox.com
Fri Sep 2 05:00:51 CEST 2005


    >> I still hope to see this change to "make print a builtin instead of a
    >> statement". I'd hate to lose the one-line hello world example due to
    >> cruft like "from sys import stdout".

    Barry> I agree.  You can't get much simpler to explain or use than the
    Barry> current print statement.

Then why remove it at all?

Skip


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