-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi James,
I don't read "blaming" in George's words, just reasoning for a personal decision. Maybe I suffer from similar prejudice: I have the impression that python programmers spend a lot of effort in trying to convince others that python is a "good" choice. Why bother rather than let people make their own decision? Cheers, Tim On 09/12/2012 09:49 PM, James Stroud wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:00 PM, George Sheldrick wrote: > >> It is the lack of compatibility between different versions >> mentioned by Ethan that really put me off learning PYTHON. > > > Python is backwards compatible. I have reams of code I wrote in > python 2.3 that still works in 2.7 without modification. > > Also, python (aka python 2) and python 3000 (aka python 3) are > considered two different languages. It's not reasonable to > consider them one language and then complain that they are > incompatible. Python 3 was created as a new language (and should be > treated as such) precisely because it breaks compatibility with > python 2. That was the intent of the language authors. > > You blame the authors for recognizing limitations of a language > and inventing a new one to overcome those limitations. > > If the FORTRAN authors would have done that about 30 years ago, we > all might be programming in FORTRAN. > > James > > - -- - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFQUaZRUxlJ7aRr7hoRAimoAJwPAw1o0VqugVERQcYN0RBR424mYgCgu8mF cwGd1+0swzfudjmf0pgu0ek= =NIVw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
