Pep 3105: the end of print?

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Fri Feb 23 19:06:22 EST 2007


In article <1172221477.057173.22390 at q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Jay Tee <jeff.templon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>On the other hand, C++ is firmly established as a "serious" language
>in our community while python is not.  So the programmers tend to be
>more forgiving.  There is no perception that compiler developers are
>*trying* to be difficult by changing the language to break backwards
>compatibility.  That's the difference I think.

Consider the difference between "Python 3.0 is designed to break
backward compatibility" and "Python 3.0 cleans up a lot of accumulated
cruft".
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