Am Sonntag, 2. September 2007 08:18 schrieb Andreas Jung: > --On 1. September 2007 16:21:23 -0400 Stephan Richter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 01 September 2007 15:33, Martijn Faassen wrote: > >> I think Zope will be on Python 2.x for many years to come. > > > > I really hope not. A friend of mine and I want to get a bit involved in > > Python 3000 once it is stable enough that the standard libs can get some > > attention. At this point I really want to have an initial look at > > porting Zope 3 packages to Python 3. I really hope we can move to Python > > 3 in a reasonable amount of time. > > What are the major benefits from moving to Python 3? The major and most > important change I see in Py3K is the string-as-unicode implementation. > That's a big advantage. However everything else is in some way syntactical > sugar. Py3k still won't run on multiple CPUs, it still uses the GIL... > improvements in this area would be arguments for me to move to Py3K. > Only speaking for my self, I don't see major improvements that would my > daily Python experience significantly.
I personally have the same impression. The string-as-unicode implementation is a real advantage, moreover I also like many of the syntactic changes. What I would like to see, however, is a native implementation of interfaces, which seems not really to be the case. Moreover, as you stated above, Python 3 will still use the GIL, which is a shame, as it's still a "uni-processor language". This should be the #1 problem to be addressed, as multi-processor systems are now coming up so fast, however, it seems this is postponed to Python 4000. :-( That's the real problem I see, as in ~ 4 years 8-core systems may be standard and Python 2/3 will only be capable of using 1/8 of the processing power. Best Regards, Hermann -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key ID: 299893C7 (on keyservers) FP: 0124 2584 8809 EF2A DBF9 4902 64B4 D16B 2998 93C7 _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
