Martin v. Löwis wrote:
Since the source code is incompatible, I was expecting the Python executable to have a new name such as 'python3'It does: the executable is called python3.0.
Why do you say that? As I reported on the py3 list when requesting a new name -- in particular, python3, the new python is installed on WinXP as python.exe and pythonw.exe!!! The includes the new 3.0 release.
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