Python 3.x adoption

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Fri Jan 17 21:49:21 EST 2014


In article <lbc296$itl$1 at reader1.panix.com>,
 Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 2014-01-17, Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > On 2014-01-17 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> > What's wrong?...  
> >> 
> >> Python 2.7 still does everything 99% of us need to do, and we're too
> >> lazy to switch.
> >
> > And in most distros, typing "python" invokes 2.x, and explicitly
> > typing "python3" is almost 17% longer.  We're a lazy bunch! :-)
> 
> And my touch typing accuracy/speed drops pretty noticably when I have
> to use the top row of keys...

This is why shells have the ability to create aliases, and also why 
command-line autocomplete was invented :-)



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