[Python-Dev] %-formatting depracation

[Hrvoje Niksic]

On 02/22/2011 11:03 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> I think there are many people still finding %-style more practical for
> simple uses,

It's also a clash of cultures. People coming from a C/Unix background 
typically find %-style format obvious and self-explanatory, while people 
coming from Java/DotNET background feel the same way about {}-style formats.