Python 2.0b1 is released!

[Marcin Kasperski]

Nick Bower wrote:
> 
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > A unique event in all the history of Python: two releases on the same
> > day!  (At least in my timezone. :-)
> >
> 
> umm... could someone tell me why python 2.0 is not called python 1.61
> (going by the relase schedule and amount of changes).  Is there *really*
> that much difference between python 2.0 and 1.6 that a major version
> change was required?
> 

Somewhere on python.org (FAQ for 2.0?) I found the explanation:
different managers consider 1.x product to be not mature, adding a bit
to version number causes them to believe it is well founded and ready
for serious business applications.

>From my experience it seems, this opinion can be true. 

>From the programmer viewpoint: the whole mess is not very important for
me. If naming Python 'Dynamic Python 3000 Ultra' can help in language
marketing, I don't care - as far, as there is document which presents
version history and summary of difference between versions.

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