Python Family Gets a Triplet Of Updates 196
The Python developers have been busy this weekend, releasing three new versions at different points on the Python continuum: 2.7.4 (a 2.7 series bugfix release), 3.2.4 (what's new), and production releases
3.3.1. Here's what's new in 3.3.1.
Re:Yay! (Score:1, Interesting)
Are you proposing that there are languages that could be considered not to be shitty?
2.7.4 (Score:5, Interesting)
Happy to see another bugfix release for 2.7. Like it or not, 2.7 is going to remain the main or only version of Python for years to come at many installations. Which means tools that depend on Python at such places also only or mostly support the 2.7 series.
The developers for the tool I use have just only begun discussing the possibility of perhaps beginning support for Python 3 in addition to the 2.5-2.7 versions for unspecified later versions; but only if it is possible to do without too much code duplication and maintenance efort.
Re:2.7.4 (Score:3, Interesting)
The slow speed of Python 3 adoption is surprising. I just started learning python last year, and it seems like some porting effort between Python 2 and 3 may be necessary but the changes between 2 and 3 are pretty small.
Re:2.7.4 (Score:2, Interesting)
Wake me up when they bring 2.x style print back. Taking away convenience features is not the way to encourage adoption, if anything they should add more.