Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 1/10/14 2:43 PM, John Ladasky wrote: On Friday, January 10, 2014 9:48:43 AM UTC-8, Ned Batchelder wrote: On Python-Dev, Dan Stromberg posted this link with the results: http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/python-2.x-vs-3.x-survey/ That link gave me a 404. :^( Sorry, it worked when

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread MRAB
On 2014-01-10 19:43, John Ladasky wrote: On Friday, January 10, 2014 9:48:43 AM UTC-8, Ned Batchelder wrote: On Python-Dev, Dan Stromberg posted this link with the results: http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/python-2.x-vs-3.x-survey/ That link gave me a 404. :^( It's available here:

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread John Ladasky
On Friday, January 10, 2014 9:48:43 AM UTC-8, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On Python-Dev, Dan Stromberg posted this link with the results: > > http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/python-2.x-vs-3.x-survey/ That link gave me a 404. :^( -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread Ethan Furman
On 01/10/2014 09:36 AM, John Ladasky wrote: We have to remember to convert between the remote device's expectation of strings of bytes, and Python's expectation of strings of Unicode characters. When we forget, there can be bugs. I'm sure that I'll get used to it eventually. A useful data po

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 1/10/14 12:36 PM, John Ladasky wrote: I responded to the survey about a week ago. Dan, I hope you will share the results with us soon. I also tried to reply to this thread, but I lost the ability to post to newsgroups for about a week. It seems to have been restored, so I will try again.

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-10 Thread John Ladasky
I responded to the survey about a week ago. Dan, I hope you will share the results with us soon. I also tried to reply to this thread, but I lost the ability to post to newsgroups for about a week. It seems to have been restored, so I will try again. My transition from Py2 to Py3 is implicit

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-03 Thread emile
On 01/02/2014 08:55 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2013-12-31, Steven D'Aprano wrote: You laugh, but there was at least one attendee at the last PyCon who was still using 1.5 professionally. Software never quite dies so long as there is hardware capable of running it. ITYM: ... so long as ther

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-12-31, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> On 30/12/2013 21:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: >>> I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. >>> >>> Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about >>> Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. >>> >>> I'd be very

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Steve Hayes
On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 01:07:54 +1100, David wrote: >On 1 January 2014 23:38, Steve Hayes wrote: >> >> I was thinking or of this: >> > python g:\work\module1.py >> File "", line 1 >> python g:\work\module1.py >>^ >> >> Which gave a different error the previous time I did it. >>

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Dave Angel
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:38:59 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: >>> python g:\work\module1.py File "", line 1 python g:\work\module1.py ^ Which gave a different error the previous time I did it. But, hey, it worked from the DOS prompt C:\Python32>python g:\work\module1.py Hel

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread David
On 1 January 2014 23:38, Steve Hayes wrote: > > I was thinking or of this: > python g:\work\module1.py > File "", line 1 > python g:\work\module1.py >^ > > Which gave a different error the previous time I did it. > > But, hey, it worked from the DOS prompt > > C:\Python32>py

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 01/01/2014 12:38, Steve Hayes wrote: On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:37:45 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Steve Hayes wrote: I borrowed a book called "Learning Python" by Lutz and Asher, which is geared for 2.2/2.3. But the version I have in Windows is 3.2, and it seems that even "Hello World" pre

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Steve Hayes wrote: > I was thinking or of this: > python g:\work\module1.py > File "", line 1 > python g:\work\module1.py >^ > > Which gave a different error the previous time I did it. > > But, hey, it worked from the DOS prompt > > C:\Pytho

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Steve Hayes
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:37:45 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: > >> I borrowed a book called "Learning Python" by Lutz and Asher, which is >> geared for 2.2/2.3. >> >> But the version I have in Windows is 3.2, and it seems that even "Hello >> World" presents and insurmountable pr

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Steve Hayes wrote: > I borrowed a book called "Learning Python" by Lutz and Asher, which is > geared for 2.2/2.3. > > But the version I have in Windows is 3.2, and it seems that even "Hello > World" presents and insurmountable problem. It certainly is not *insurmountable*. Not unless you conside

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Steve Hayes wrote: > I borrowed a book called "Learning Python" by Lutz and Asher, which is geared > for 2.2/2.3. That's really REALLY old. Even Red Hat isn't still supporting 2.2. You can quite easily get started on 3.2 on Windows - though I would recommend grabbi

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2014-01-01 Thread Steve Hayes
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:56:30 -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote: >I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. > >Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about >Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. > >I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill it out. I had a

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-31 Thread Roy Smith
In article <52c29782$0$29979$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Mark Lawrence wrote: > > > On 30/12/2013 21:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: > >> I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. > >> > >> Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 30/12/2013 21:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: >> I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. >> >> Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about >> Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. >> >> I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-31 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 30/12/2013 21:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill it out. Here's the URL: https://www.

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-30 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 30Dec2013 19:16, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:14:53 -0600, Andrew Berg > declaimed the following: > > >On 2013.12.30 15:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: > >> I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. > >> > >> Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put togeth

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-30 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Dan Stromberg wrote: > I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. > > Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about > Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. > > I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill it out. > > Here

Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-30 Thread Andrew Berg
On 2013.12.30 15:56, Dan Stromberg wrote: > I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. > > Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about > Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. > > I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill it out. > > Here's the URL

Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

2013-12-30 Thread Dan Stromberg
I keep hearing naysayers, nay saying about Python 3.x. Here's a 9 question, multiple choice survey I put together about Python 2.x use vs Python 3.x use. I'd be very pleased if you could take 5 or 10 minutes to fill it out. Here's the URL: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N5N5PG2 -- https://mail.