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Python 2.0 beta 1 released

Posted by Hemos on from the roll-'em-out-boys! dept.

jhylton writes "How's this for a rapid release schedule? Python 2.0 beta 1 is now available from BeOpen PythonLabs. There is a long list of new features since Python 1.6, released earlier today. We don't plan on any new releases in the next 24 hours ."

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  1. Re:Why do we see so little of Python? by neurocrat · · Score: 3

    It's refreshing to hear the "syntax is not an issue" perspective. With that attitude you can approach Python as a dialect of Lisp - albeit with very different syntax. ("Traditional" infix operators, minimal use of parentheses etc).

    For a comparison of Python and Scheme, see:
    http://www.python.org/doc/pythonVSscheme.html

    For a comparison of Python and Common Lisp, see:
    http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html

    Can't comment on Perl. I don't use it.

    Python makes it easy to express very complex ideas in simple and readable code. Definitely worth a try. Everyone who tries it seems to love it, from beginners to the AI cognoscenti.

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  2. Release speed by Minupla · · Score: 3

    Wow, more releases per hour then M$ IE gets security advisories!
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  3. In today's news by wmoyes · · Score: 3
    In today's news:

    Silicon Valley has developed a new technique to speed software development. Time travel. According to reports Python 1.7 is still due Mid December

  4. the diff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    python.org is owned and run by CRNI. guido and the core developers left CRNI because they were reducing resources for python development. thus, the team found a new sponsor in beopen.com.

    it boils down to python having the resources to evolve, which is a good thing.

    from a developers standpoint. python 2.0 is still based off the same code base. the big rewrite will probably not come to fruition for another 1-2 years. i believe 2.0 has a duel license, both gpl and the old python style CRNI license.

    2.0 has some cool features including full support for unicode, list comprehensions (very cool), more xml tools, and a rewrite and speedup of the regular expression parser. *but*, 2.0 also breaks many of 3rd party extension packages, so you may want to keep 1.52 or 1.6 around until 2.0 support matures.

    as far as a 'language spec' goes... python is an evolving language with many contributors. python has pep's which are basically a new feature request proposal. most peps include a patch to demonstrate the new feature, as well as supporting arguements for the feature. the group of core developers then fights among themselves about the merits until a steady state is reached. votes are taken, and i think guido has the final say.

    jherber