I strongly dislike Python 3

John Bokma john at castleamber.com
Sun Jun 27 21:25:46 EDT 2010


geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2010-06-27, Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan at case.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>> It should be easier to have a large number of python versions on one
>>>> machine... ?I am realy fond of 2.5 so I am probily going to start
>>>> compiling them or just include the python2.5 exe if I port stuff and
>>>> settle it that way..
>>>
>>> You're on the only platform where it isn't that easy. All us *nix
>>> users have to do is compile it with the altinstall flag, and then use
>>> #!/usr/bin/env python25
>>> Windows uses the file extension instead of the shebang line to execute
>>> stuff, so it's harder for you to have multiple versions.
>>
>> If you install a real shell on Windows, then the hash-bang line works
>> fine. :)
>
> Might as well spare yourself the trouble and install linux or *bsd. It's
> probably easier.

Ah, yeah, and then run all those Windows applications one requires on
Wine...

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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