On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Johannes Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > since I've read so much about Python 3 and ran into some trouble which > was supposed to be fixed with 3k, I yesterday came around to compile it > and try it out. > > To sum it up: It's awesome. All the promised things like Unicode support > "just work", all significant changes in the lanugage (try/except-Syntax, > float division, file opening, print) I've encountered so far made > absolute sense and it was quite easy to change over (I've been using 2.5 > so far). It was really easy to install it locally as my user (I want to > try it out some more before I install it system-wide).
You can install it system-wide as "python3.0" or "python3" -- I think that "make install" acts as "make altinstall" on Python 3.0, and dont overide the default "python" binary. No, you probably dont want python3.0 as the *default* python yet -- many Python programs for Ubuntu or OS X, for example, depends on Python 2.X. > So, why I am posting this here: First, thanks to the great work to > anyone who has contributed. Secondly, I want to encourage anyone who > hasn't tried Python3 out yet to do - it really is easier than you think > and you won't be disappointed. +1. > Kind regards, > Johannes > > -- > "Meine Gegenklage gegen dich lautet dann auf bewusste Verlogenheit, > verlästerung von Gott, Bibel und mir und bewusster Blasphemie." > -- Prophet und Visionär Hans Joss aka HJP in de.sci.physik > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Eduardo de Oliveira Padoan http://djangopeople.net/edcrypt/ "Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong." -- Goethe, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list