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Based on my limited knowledge about PyPy: * Python...

Anonymous · 2008-07-13T11:08:00

Based on my limited knowledge about PyPy:
* Python 3.0 isn't out yet
* Python 3.0 will start out as an alternate, not the primary install. Python 2.x will remain the default interpreter for the next couple of years.
* Supporting the 3.0 language changes are not a big deal in PyPy.
* Supporting the 3.0 runtime library is a significant task.
* To support 3.0, it makes sense to first implement 2.6

You are right in what you say about the relationsh...

Steve · 2008-07-13T12:34:00

You are right in what you say about the relationship between 3.0 and the 2.X series. I'm not sure why you suggest that library support will be more difficult for 3.0, though.

In his 2007 talk at US PyCon, Jim outlined the roa...

Michael Foord · 2008-07-13T13:19:00

In his 2007 talk at US PyCon, Jim outlined the roadmap for IronPython - which included supporting Python 2.6 and Python 3.

Thanks, Mike. There's always way too much going on...

Steve · 2008-07-13T16:32:00

Thanks, Mike. There's always way too much going on at PyCon to catch it all.