[Python-Dev] Python 4?

[R. David Murray]

On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:59:55 -0400, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > I saw mention recently of Python 4 and assumed all such references
> > were either April Fool's jokes or pie-in-the-sky dreams for a new
> > version of Python which may never arrive.
> >
> 
> It's the latter. Some of us have been tossing around "Python 4" like we did
> "Py3k" before we starting Python 3 in earnest; maybe we should make sure to
> say Py4k to be perfectly clear there are no Python 4 plans ATM.

I think Python4 is just what follows python 3.9, myself :).

More seriously, I don't believe there should ever be a Py4k the way there
was a Py3k, and would prefer not to feed any rumours that there might be.

--David