On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 6:11:06 PM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > But [GvR] has definitely ruled that 4.0 (assuming there is > one) will not be a major backwards-incompatible version > like 3.0 was.
Well for the sake of Python's future, let's all hope so! I typically don't give much weight to the statements of sycophants, but i really do hope your assessment of GvR's intentions is correct, because it would indicate that "old hubris" has *FINALLY* come to realize what many of us feared all along -- that Python3 was going to do more damage than good! In fact, in the years before Python3 arrived, it had enjoyed a steady ascension from obscurity into mainstream hacker culture, but now, all that remains is a fractured community, a fractured code base, and a leader who lost his cushy job at Google -- of which i think Python3 is directly responsible. Think about it: if they hired him *BECAUSE* of Python's success then we can *ONLY* conclude they fired him for mismanaging it. Folks, our future is in peril, but one thing is guaranteed, if the introduction of Python4 is *anything* like the introduction of Python3, well, then, it's curtains for Python. *CURTAINS*!!! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
