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bretthoerner on Nov 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clojure & Python, Side by Side

While I'd agree Python 2.5 to 2.7 doesn't bring a swath of language features with it... it's a good sign of Jython's slowing/sluggish growth/development.

Personally, I want to use a language implementation that will be around and (well!) supported for many years.

vorg on Nov 19, 2011 [–]

None of you three mentioned Python 3.0 to 3.2.

bretthoerner on Nov 20, 2011 | [–]

That's because they don't matter to anyone.

vorg on Nov 21, 2011 | | [–]

It seems common that people don't upgrade to a breaking version of a programming language based on name or distro channel alone. Hence the slow uptake of Python 3 and Perl 6.

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