[nylug-talk] XKCD discovers the joy of Python

[Chris Knadle]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Mordy Ovits wrote:
> http://xkcd.com/353/
>
> I can relate. ;-)

   One (future) snag to the cartoon: when Python 3000 is released (probably 
August 2008) it will break backward compatibility with Python 2.x, and 
specifically the print command will become a print *fucntion*.  At that 
point 'print "Hello world!"' will not work; it will probably 
become 'print("Hello world!")' or something similar.  [Details on print() 
function syntax are still currently somewhat in flux.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29#Timeline_and_compatibility


   I'm not a Python expert; I just happened to have heard this mentioned on 
the LugRadio podcast while they were covering a UK Python conference.

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us