The Evolution of Python 3

chromatic writes to tell us that O'Reilly has an interview with Guido van Rossum on the evolutionary process that gave us Python 3.0 and what is in store for the future. "I'd like to reiterate that at this point, it's a very personal choice to decide whether to use 3.0 or 2.6. You don't run the risk of being left behind by taking a conservative stance at this point. 2.6 will be just as well supported by the same group of core Python developers as 3.0. At the same time, we're also not sort of deemphasizing the importance and quality of 3.0. So if you are not held back by external requirements like dependencies on packages or third party software that hasn't been ported to 3.0 yet or working in an environment where everyone else is using another version. If you're learning Python for the first time, 3.0 is a great way to learn the language. There's a couple of things that trip over beginners have been removed."

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In all seriousness

[jgtg32a]

Is there a Python clone that uses C style formating?

Maybe I'm just whiny, but the braces and everything are just easier to read.

Cue whitespace ranting from wannabees

[Qbertino]

We've heard it all. Cut it out allready. Those ranting about Pythons whitespace are the ones that don't know what they are talking about because they have *never* even programmed in Python, and if it only were for half an hour. To all you suckers out there: Freaking write at least one simple bubblesort in Python, before you go out on a limp and talk about stuff you don't know.