myths about python 3

Eric_Dexter at msn.com Eric_Dexter at msn.com
Fri Jan 29 10:48:43 EST 2010


On Jan 27, 2:56 pm, John Nagle <na... at animats.com> wrote:
> Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I was going to write this post for a while because all sorts of myths
> > periodically come up on this list about python 3. I don't think the
> > posters mean to spread false information on purpose, they simply are
> > not aware of the facts.
>
> > My list is surely incomplete, please feel free to post your favorite
> > misconception about python 3 that people periodically state, claim or
> > ask about.
>
> Myths about Python 3:
>
> 1.  Python 3 is supported by major Linux distributions.
>
>         FALSE - most distros are shipping with Python 2.4, or 2.5 at best.
>
> 2.  Python 3 is supported by multiple Python implementations.
>
>         FALSE - Only CPython supports 3.x.  Iron Python, Unladen Swallow,
>         PyPy, and Jython have all stayed with 2.x versions of Python.
>
> 3.  Python 3 is supported by most 3rd party Python packages.
>
>         FALSE - it's not supported by MySQLdb, OpenSSL, feedparser, etc.
>
> Arguably, Python 3 has been rejected by the market.  Instead, there's
> now Python 2.6, Python 2.7, and Python 2.8.  Python 3 has turned into
> a debacle like Perl 6, now 10 years old.
>
> That's the reality, Python 3 fanboys.
>
>                                 John Nagle

I am seeing alot of bleeding edge linux distro's with 2.5 and 2.6 I
would perfer they stayed with 2.4 or 2.5 ..
or if there is a version that I can come up with a convincing cross-
platform os.startfile I would want to use
a vmware version of that linux.
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