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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. Re:Libraries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Numpy? Scipy? wtfy?

    Are we talking about a professional scripting language here, or Snow White with a bloody lip calling to one of her little bitches for help?

  2. I'll still avoid it by doti · · Score: 1, Troll

    As they didn't fixed the stupid forced-indentation thing.

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  3. Re:Hey! by metamatic · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was wondering if Python 3000 would end the whitespace problem by (say) adding an "end" keyword like Ruby, but apparently not.

    Given that Guido von Rossum allegedly said he now viewed the whitespace thing as a big mistake that has crippled Python adoption, it's a pity religion prevented it from being fixed in Py3K.

    (So I'll stick with Ruby.)

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  4. Re:Hey! by Daishiman · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you dislike whitespace, don't use Python. Whitespace is a design decision and most python users consider it wonderful. Go away.

  5. Re:Hey! by MikeBabcock · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whitespace makes code readable. Forcing people to use whitespace intelligently is good. Feel free to read obfuscated PERL if you don't like it.

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  6. The next South Park episode by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can see it now - they're going to have Guido van Rossum holding Python down and raping it.

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