What is Python3000??

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <393e426f.77267284 at news.online.no>,
Thomas Weholt <thomas at cintra.no> wrote:
>
>I want to know more about Python3000. How is it going to be different
>from Python as we know it? More features, new syntax ?? 

Nobody -- repeat, NOBODY -- has the answers to these questions.  Py3K is
a codename for a project THAT HAS NOT YET STARTED.  Py3K is predicated
to a certain extent -- to what extent, NOBODY KNOWS -- on the Fred
Brooks maxim, "Build one to throw away."

There are certain design decisions that were made for Python 1.x that
Guido would like to revisit.  Some of these decisions *MAY* be changed
in ways that break 1.x code.  Py3K is the name of the version that *MAY*
have these incompatibilities.

Should I make this a friggin' FAQ?

(Thomas, if it seems like I'm pounding on you, it's because I know
you've been reading comp.lang.python -- if you weren't aware of this,
you haven't been paying attention.)
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