Booleans, integer division, backwards compatibility; where is Python going?

[James Logajan]

Max M <maxm at mxm.dk> wrote:
> brueckd at tbye.com wrote:
> 
>>>because of the problems I have
>>>actually encountered with making code work with the many extant
>>>versions of Python, I will no longer be doing any new projects in the
>>>language and am not recommending Python to anyone. 
> 
>> So, what language did you move on to?
> 
> 386 assembler probably. It's a little less portable, but the specs 
> haven't changed in over a decade.

I'm at a loss to understand all the snide remarks. Some I understand, some 
I don't. I've been using Python for at least 4 years and think it is a nice 
scripting language. It is very useful and allows quick development, but it 
is not indispensable. Besides, you weren't entirely wrong: I need something 
that runs very fast in a small amount of ram and assembler or cross-
compiled C is what I'll probably be using. But it isn't an x86. And PC 
support code will be C++ most likely. Ask me again in 6 months or so and 
I'll let you know what I've decided on (okay, it wont be Perl for sure).