Will Python 3.x ever become the actual standard?

[Mark Lawrence]

On 23/10/2013 14:52, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>> Thankfully I am.  I confess I don't understand how *nix people endure having
>> to compile code instead of having a binary install.  To me it's like going
>> to the garage to buy a new car, being shown the parts and the tool kit and
>> being told to get on with it.  Perhaps it's a case of second class treatment
>> for users of a second class OS?  Ducks and runs for cover :)
>
> And we can't understand how you can put up without source. :-) Also,
> Unix isn't one platform like Windows, ABI incompatibility and all.
>
> Really, for most things these days it's just
>
>      pip install foo
>
> Skip
>

Which on Windows often ends up telling you that it can't find 
vcvarsall.bat, i.e. you don't have the appropriate version (if any) of 
the compiler installed.  You then realise your mistake, go to the 
bookmarked link Tim Golden referred to earlier, and a minute or two 
later job done.

-- 
Python is the second best programming language in the world.
But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence