Will Python 3.x ever become the actual standard?
Neil Cerutti
neilc at norwich.edu
Wed Oct 23 11:04:03 EDT 2013
On 2013-10-23, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/10/2013 14:13, Tim Golden wrote:
>> On 23/10/2013 14:05, Colin J. Williams wrote:
>>>>
>>> It would be good if more of the packages were available, for Python 3.3,
>>> in binary for the Windows user.
>>>
>>> I am currently wrestling with Pandas, lxml etc.
>>
>> Can I assume you're aware of the industrious Christopher Gohlke?
>>
>> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
>>
>> TJG
>
> Thankfully I am. I confess I don't understand how *nix people
> endure having to compile code instead of having a binary
> install. To me it's like going to the garage to buy a new car,
> being shown the parts and the tool kit and being told to get on
> with it. Perhaps it's a case of second class treatment for
> users of a second class OS? Ducks and runs for cover :)
They usually don't. Users of most distributions have an awesome
device called a package manager.
--
Neil Cerutti
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