backward compatibility?

[John J. Lee]

Peter Kleiweg <in.aqua.scribis at nl.invalid> writes:

> So how serious are plans to remove things from Python, like
> lambda and map and reduce? I am just starting out with Python
> and if there is a danger that the programs I write today won't
> work next year, I rather invest my time in another language. I
> might try Ruby, or stick with Perl.

Won't happen until Python 3.0.  When / if 3.0 comes out (more than
five years away), I'm sure people will continue to maintain 2.x for a
long time after that.


John