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Python 3.4 Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-and-upward dept.

New submitter gadfium writes: "Python 3.4 has been released. It adds new library features, bug fixes, and security improvements. It includes: at standardized implementation of enumeration types, a statistics module, improvements to object finalization, a more secure and interchangeable hash algorithm for strings and binary data, asynchronous I/O support, and an installer for the pip package manager."

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  1. Re:Ubuntu Install? by DutchUncle · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you are a Linux user so stuck on apt-get that you cannot work with source code at all, I highly suggest you download the source ...

    This is why Linux will never win on the desktop with normal people in normal offices and homes. To paraphrase your words: You start out allowing for the concept of a Linux user who cannot work with source code at all, and then IMMEDIATELY tell that user that they should download source code. This is like: "I understand that you're a vegetarian, so this dish only has a *little* bacon in it."

    Normal users want something as easy as plugging in an Atari cartridge, and they'll settle for clicking an "install" button. If they don't want source, telling them where to get source isn't just the wrong sales approach; it's a direct insult. Imagine yourself walking into a store, saying "I need a new shirt but I hate (color), what have you got?" and the salesperson showing you a rack full of (color).