Will Python 3.x ever become the actual standard?

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2013-10-23, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/10/2013 14:13, Tim Golden wrote:
>> On 23/10/2013 14:05, Colin J. Williams wrote:
>>>>
>>> It would be good if more of the packages were available, for Python 3.3,
>>> in binary for the Windows user.
>>>
>>> I am currently wrestling with Pandas, lxml etc.
>>
>> Can I assume you're aware of the industrious Christopher Gohlke?
>>
>> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
>>
>> TJG
>
> 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 :)

They usually don't. Users of most distributions have an awesome
device called a package manager.

-- 
Neil Cerutti