[Python-Dev] Language Summit notes

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:04:10 +0000
Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com> wrote:
> 
> 2.       Feature enhancement to 2.8.  Take a robust and popular version of python and add some of the language goodies that have been added to 3.x and that don’t have an inherent 3.x aspect.  Yield from.  New exception model.  Stdlib enhancements such as futures.   The argument goes like this:  We have a very popular platform out there with lots of momentum.  People want incremental enhancements to it.  Why not give them what they want?  Bread and games and all that?  A Rockband cannot stay cooped up in a studio producing experimental concept albums all the time.  That is death.  Sometimes it needs to go on tour and play old hits for the fans!

I don't think we have recent download numbers since the Website
overhaul (do we?), but Python 3 isn't an "experimental concept
language" anymore (it hasn't been since 3.3 or 3.2, I'd say).

Regards

Antoine.