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Python 3.0 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the break-out-the-cigars dept.

licorna writes "The 3.0 version of Python (also known as Python3k and Python3000) just got released few hours ago. It's the first ever intentionally backwards-incompatible Python release."

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  1. Language fragmentation... by Colin+Smith · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Perl,
    tcl
    python
    python3000
    ruby
    lua
    etc etc add your pet language here

    And updating scripts and applications to new, incompatible versions?... It's busy work.
     

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  2. Still waiting.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm still wating for Perl 6 and Duke Nuke =(

    let the flame begins and the troll rolls!

  3. Re:I'll still avoid it by m50d · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's OK. We don't want the kind of programmers who let a superficial difference like that put them off actually trying a language.

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