Michael Longval wrote: > Well for what my $0.02 is worth, here goes: > > **Please remember IANAVD (I am not a Vim Dev)** > > Isn't there something to learn from Python. > > When Python 3 came out, it broke stuff, lots of it. > But the advantages were worth it. (IMHO) > > Some people had too much invested in Python 2.6 however, so they > stayed with that (and bug fixes continu on that version, but the new > stuff is in Python3)
Very many people have not made the switch from Pyton 2 to Python 3. Now most systems have to provide both 2 and 3, and libraries come in two versions. In my opinion this indicates the break in compatibility was a not a good choice. Also because the advantages of being incompatible are quite small. > Vim broke with Vi (see: set nocompatible) yet was successful. Vim is Vi compatible when needed. I don't think Vim would have got this far without that. > Vim8 with a 21st century input mechanism, can do the same. > > Road map: > > *Move official Vim8 (call it V8) onto GitHub. That gives close to nothing extra. Certainly for end users. > *Set design goals: > - Keep it CharityWare (above all else) > - New input engine I have seen no reason for this. Most likely it's just going to replace one problem with another. > - Wall to wall UTF-8 support Vim already supports utf-8 very well. Of course there are improvements possible, but so are there for many other features. E.g. better support for plugins. > - Wall to wall Python3 scripting. Already present. [...] -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 232. You start conversations with, "Have you gotten an ISDN line?" /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
