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Python 2.3 Final Released

Posted by timothy on from the new-snake-in-town dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nineteen months in the making, Python 2.3 has just been released. With a plethora of changes since version 2.2, this release is definately worth the upgrade. Be sure to read the Release Notes and the Highlights file for more information."

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  1. Why Python is good at our university by Fu+Ling-Yu · · Score: 0, Troll

    Python is interesting experiment. In our computer programming classes we allow student to pick two language to major in. One must be choice of proper establish language like C , C++ , Perl, etc and other must be modern experimental choice like Python , Java , etc. Python has become most popular choice for second language at University, and I'm not sure why!

    One good thing is that there now unicode file support for windows which was a big annoyance to the student before. Now they can actual code in Chinese and save files in Chinese names...

    Another good point for international user is.. universal new line support which mean Python can now support Chinese newlines as well as American ones. Bravo Python team. A much more international liked language is coming along!

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    -- Dr. Fu Ling-Yu, Internal Technology Consult; Tongji University, People Republic of China.
  2. I see whitespace is still syntactically relevant by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's a feature I'd like to see removed.

    I guess it's Guido's way of just being different.

  3. Re:Countdown to Gentoo zealotry. by Omicron32 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gentoo kicks ass, apt-get and RPM sux0r. Enough for ya? ;)

  4. Re:definately? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll
    As a high school student

    See, that's the problem. Neither the people who submit stories nor the "editors" made it past that. So don't beel fad.

  5. how about lists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    It would be nice if python had lists with a head and tail. It would also be nice if it had non sequential threads, a collector instead of reference counting, and maybe a decent attribute analysis so that the expression "a"[1] is barfed on before being
    run.

  6. And you are in the land of the free? by Fu+Ling-Yu · · Score: 0, Troll

    It appears you are now the authority on who is and who is not who they are. Please look at my journal at Slashdot. A lot of people have been supportive.. but it seem that a lot of people mostly AMERICAN are more interested in taking their own vendetta against foreign people like the Chinese. This is international site and even though sometimes we are not all as good at English as AMERICAN we should get on with each other a bit better!

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    -- Dr. Fu Ling-Yu, Internal Technology Consult; Tongji University, People Republic of China.