I strongly dislike Python 3

[Eric_Dexter at msn.com]

On Jun 27, 2:09 pm, "Martin v. Loewis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > I agree that there may be not much reason to port custom proprietary
> > apps that are working fine and which would hardly benefit from, let
> > alone need, and new Py3 features.
>
> In the long run, there will be a benefit: at some point in the future
> (surely years from now), /usr/bin/python will be Python 3. So scripts
> that use /usr/bin/python (or "/usr/bin/env python") will stop working.
> As a quick fix, it might then be possible to have them run with
> /usr/bin/python2. Some time more into the future, this will also stop
> working, as Python 2.x won't be available anymore in the OS
> distributions. If the custom proprietary app is then still used, it
> better be ported.
>
> The same happened with other kinds of deprecations and removals through
> the life of 2.x. Some applications where tied to a specific Python
> release, or to a specific feature that had been deprecated. These either
> needed to be ported, or dropped.
>
> Regards,
> Martin

It should be easier to have a large number of python versions on one
machine...  I am realy fond of 2.5 so I am probily going to start
compiling them or just include the python2.5 exe if I port stuff and
settle it that way..