I strongly dislike Python 3

geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 27 21:11:00 EDT 2010


On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2010-06-27, Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan at case.edu> wrote:
>
>>> 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..
>>
>> You're on the only platform where it isn't that easy. All us *nix
>> users have to do is compile it with the altinstall flag, and then use
>> #!/usr/bin/env python25
>> Windows uses the file extension instead of the shebang line to execute
>> stuff, so it's harder for you to have multiple versions.
>
> If you install a real shell on Windows, then the hash-bang line works
> fine. :)

Might as well spare yourself the trouble and install linux or *bsd. It's
probably easier.

Geremy Condra



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