That's interesting. I'm glad that I am still using FORTRAN; SHELX-76 still compiles and runs unchanged with any modern FORTRAN compiler.
George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-3021 or -3068 Fax. +49-551-39-2582 On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, David J. Schuller wrote: > This could be interesting: > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39292561,00.htm > > "Developers prepare for Python breakage > > Angus Kidman ZDNet Australia > > Published: 01 Feb 2008 10:43 GMT > > The launch of version 3.0 of Python, expected within the next year, will > see major changes to some fundamental elements of the programming > language, release manager Anthony Baxter explained in a keynote speech > at linux.conf.au in Melbourne. > > Python is used extensively by Google for many of its products, including > the popular YouTube video-sharing site. > > "3.0 is also known as the release where we break all your code but we're > doing it for a good reason," Baxter said. "Python is 16 years old. Like > all 16-year-olds, it's got some really annoying features." > > "Pretty much every program will need changes," Baxter said, but he > stressed that the shift would be some time in coming..." > > > -- > ======================================================================= > With the single exception of Cornell, there is not a college in the > United States where truth has ever been a welcome guest - R.G. Ingersoll > ======================================================================= > David J. Schuller > modern man in a post-modern world > MacCHESS, Cornell University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
