New Features in Python 1.6

[Don Tuttle]

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"Fredrik Lundh"
> Tim,
>
> I think things are worse than this -- someone just sent me
> something that looks like a draft press release, announcing
> that O'Reilly had taken over Python development, with Jon
> Orwant as CTO, and Larry Wall as the Python 1.6 release
> manager.
>
> (it wasn't clear if it was intended for public consumption
> at this time, so please don't spread the word around just
> yet.  if I get permission, I'll post more info to the list).
>
> given this, Guido's post makes a lot more sense, in a slightly
> scary way -- the press release also talks about fusing Python
> 3000 and Perl's "Topaz" project, rewriting the whole thing in
> Scheme.
>
> note that this seems to have been in the work for quite a
> while; things like Perl companies hiring python talent, Tom
> Christiansen's Python courses [1], Guido schmoozing with
> Randal Schwartz on the SD2000 conference [2], the Casbah
> folks working on a unified Python/Perl engine, etc.
>
> still think it's kinda weird, though...
>
> </F>
>
> 1) http://training.perl.com/open-courses.html
> 2) http://www.ddj.com/articles/2000/0050/0050toc.htm
>
>