Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)

On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:04:09 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

On 2024-08-23 10:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

The fundamental problem was that Unicode was a mess in Python 2 that
needed to be cleaned up. Since they had no choice but to break backward
compatibility in that regard, they figured they would fix a few other
things while they were at it.

 
and again in Python 4... (:-))

Apparently some Python developers were so spooked by all the badmouthing
they received over the 2→3 transition that they have decided there will
never be a “Python 4”.

On the other hand, the deep-seated architectural changes going on with the
removal of the GIL, and their potential for subtle backward-compatibility
issues, seem to me like a good reason to say that the new versions should
start numbering with 4.0.