[Python-Dev] Will Python die?

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:43:51 +0200


> Sin Hang Kin wrote:
> 
> See subject.
> I am really worry, before putting more effort to it, can any body explain the current status of python 2?

In short: no way ;-) 

For the long story read on here:
http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html
http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/
http://www.pythonlabs.com/plans.html
 
> Unicode is a must for my work, without it, python is useless. So I need python 2, if 2.0 will die, I better switch beforehand.

Python2 has native Unicode support -- probably one of the
most advanced there currently is among scripting languages.

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