Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > jfj wrote: > Python 3.0 will be a case of "OK, let's take the things we learned > were good and keep them, and throw away the things we realised were > bad" > > Undoubtedly, the two languages will co-exist for quite some time.
Perl 6.0 is going to include even more drastic changes. It will also include a Perl 5.x interpreter, and will have to be switched to 6.0 mode by a magic cookie of some kind in the source. Possibly Python 3.0 could do something similar. Use the same byte code engine, and a compiler switch that enables the gotchas. Or maybe "from __past__ import gotchas" <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list