Why prefer != over <> for Python 3.0?

Carl Banks pavlovevidence at gmail.com
Sat Mar 29 15:49:05 EDT 2008


On Mar 29, 6:55 am, kwitt... at telenet.be wrote:
> why would anyone

Questions that begin with the words "why would anyone" are almost
always betray an arrogance about their own beliefs and an ignorance
(or feigning ignorance) of human nature.

Wiser folks know better than to phrase this question so judgmentally.


> Please set it straight in 3.0, and if not, convince me with a good
> reason of doing so, so that I can live with it and don't have to spend
> the rest of my life in 2.x ;).

1. It's not going to change in Python 3.0.

2. It's a silly thing to care so much about that you will avoid using
a langauge because of it.


Carl Banks



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