[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One of the many things I like about Ada is that it is the same wherever > you use it. Python seems to be that way too. Java started out that way. > It was the intention for Java to be more portable than it is. I have heard > that Java was released before the developers were finished designing it. > That would account for some of the upheaval in the language. I do know > of one set of software systems that has simply stopped working after the > initial release of Java was revised. The appliation was versioned it out > of compliance.
When Python 3.0 comes out, there will be some backwards incompatibility, but I doubt this will be a huge factor. It might just take some time before everyone switches to it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list