Backwards Compatibility of Python versions

[Sheila King]

On 13 Jan 2002 10:28:23 -0800, Paul Rubin <phr-n2002a at nightsong.com> wrote
in comp.lang.python in article <7xelkuyuk8.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>:

> Sheila King <usenet at thinkspot.net> writes:
> > I'm trying to persuade my web host to install a more recent version of
> > Python than 1.5.2. Yes, they have RH Linux system with the default 1.5.2.
> 
> If they're running RH 7.2, it should already have Python 2.1 installed
> as "python2" or "python2.1" or something like that, I think.

They are not. They are running (I believe) 6.2. In any case, it is 6.x for
some x.

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