August 5, 2009, 10:07 am
Just one week shy of Christmas 2008, the Python world saw the release of version 3 of Python. Big deal, eh? Well … it turns out it was and is, as Python 3 is the first major release of Python designed from the get-go to be incompatible with prior versions of the language. Python is well liked among the Linux Journal readership (winning the Favorite Scripting Language category in 2008), and such a development may come as a shock to some. A detailed description of all of the changes brought into Python 3 can be found in the what’s new document, another interesting source can be found on the pythonology blog. Consequently, in this article, I don’t intend to rehash such material. Instead, I present my own take on Python 3, as well as discuss what Python 3 means for the new and existing Python programmer.
