"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have not been following Python development that closely lately so > I was not aware of that. I guess I won't be going to Python 3 then. > It's great that Python wants to attract young, new programmers. Too > bad about us old farts I guess.
Before deciding to drop Python 3 on the grounds of integer division, I recommend that you at least read PEP 238 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0238/) to see arguments *why* the division was changed. Who knows, maybe they persuade you? The "Motivation" section of the PEP makes a persuasive argument why integer division works well in statically typed languages, but results in many more gotchas in a dynamic language like Python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list