Steven D'Aprano writes: > Frankly, I believe that pushing the meme that "Python 3 is different" is > a strategic mistake.
I agree that it's strategically undesirable. Unfortunately, the genuine backward incompatibility, as well as the huge mind-share already garnered by what I consider wrong-headed advice from certain quarters have made pushing the meme that "Python 3 is very nearly the same" untenable. It's hard to beat something like "it's not yet time to use Python 3" with a nuanced explanation. > had my experience would have been different. It's bad enough to have to > tell people "Python 3 is currently lacking some critical libraries, > particularly third-party libraries" without also telling them (wrongly > IMO) "oh, and it's a new language too". That's why I propose the C to C++ analogy. True, C++ does introduce a lot of new features, but most programmers migrating from C to C++ don't learn to use them properly for years, if ever, I'm told. Note also that I don't propose this as PSF advertising. I proposed it as a response to Mark's question, "what should I tell my readers?" _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
