On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:04:10 +0000 Kristján Valur Jónsson <krist...@ccpgames.com> wrote: > > 2. Feature enhancement to 2.8. Take a robust and popular version of > python and add some of the language goodies that have been added to 3.x and > that don’t have an inherent 3.x aspect. Yield from. New exception model. > Stdlib enhancements such as futures. The argument goes like this: We have > a very popular platform out there with lots of momentum. People want > incremental enhancements to it. Why not give them what they want? Bread and > games and all that? A Rockband cannot stay cooped up in a studio producing > experimental concept albums all the time. That is death. Sometimes it needs > to go on tour and play old hits for the fans!
I don't think we have recent download numbers since the Website overhaul (do we?), but Python 3 isn't an "experimental concept language" anymore (it hasn't been since 3.3 or 3.2, I'd say). Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
