Python and Flaming Thunder

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Dave Parker schrieb:
> On May 28, 3:19 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>>> Kind of like how this year's program won't work on next year's
>>> Python?
>> For somebody who has admitted to have only very rudimentary knowledge of
>> python that's a pretty bold statement, don't you think?
> 
> Everthing I know, I learned from Wikipedia. ;)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)#Timeline_and_compatibility
> 
> "Like Perl 6, Python 3.0 will break backward compatibility. There is
> no requirement that Python 2.x code will run unmodified on Python 3.0.
> There are basic changes such as changing the print statement into a
> print function (so any use of the print statement will cause the
> program to fail) ..."

You should read further:

"""
However, a tool called "2to3" does most of the job of translation, 
pointing out areas where it wasn't sure using comments or warnings. Even 
in an alpha stage 2to3 appears to be fairly successful at performing the 
translation.
"""

And all this is about Py3k- nobody forces anybody to leave python 2.x 
series.

I think you should contort yourself a bit wrt backwards compatibility 
and stability - given that FT is by no means an established and 
productive tool.

Diez