myths about python 3

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On 1/28/2010 2:56 AM, John Nagle wrote:
> Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> 1. Python 3 is supported by major Linux distributions.
>
> FALSE - most distros are shipping with Python 2.4, or 2.5 at best.

Where did you come up with that information? Almost all of the major 
distros ship with 2.6.x - CentOS, OpenSuSe, Ubuntu, Fedora. (Debian does 
ship with 2.5, but the next major release "sid' is due out in Q2)

> 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.

WTF? Where'd you hear about version 2.8? FRI, 2.7 is and will be THE 
LAST version of the 2.x series - "the" End-Of-Life for Python 2.

At least py3k is a real product - unlike the perl 6 vaporware.

That said, I think python 2 will be the dominant player in the market 
for the next couple of years.

However, there's been some momentum behind Py3k recently. Unladen 
swallow is going to be merged with Py3k (not 2.x for which it was 
originally developed). I hear the django guys have made huge progress in 
porting the framework to Py3k (although it will be a good few months 
before the code is released in the wild)