Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Aug 2007 19:17 UTC, submitted by ganges master
Python 3.0, 'Python 3000', has reached its first public release. This version will be followed by beta releases throughout 2008, and the final release is scheduled for August 2008. "Python 3000 ('Py3k', and released as Python 3.0) is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed."
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Given that large Projects like Zope not even use the latest version of python 2, I wouldn't have too high hopes.
Backward compatibility is also very important make python a credible alternative in business.
Companies, that intend to write software with millions of lines of code are not likely to chose Phyton over e.g. java, if you need to rewrite the code every time the language developers finds a more elegant way of doing things.
In some sense I would say that the Python people are a bit too smart for their own good.