Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Oct 2008 21:04 UTC, submitted by ganges master
Python 2.6 has been released on October 1st. The major theme of this release is preparing the migration path to Python 3.0, a major redesign of the language. Whenever possible, Python 2.6 incorporates new features and syntax from 3.0 while remaining compatible with existing code by not removing older features or syntax. See the what's new docs for more details.
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2006-07-30
Seconded. Plus, there's a tool for those who want to program in python and still use curly brackets, IIRC.
The main difficulties caused by the significant indentation thing are:
a) Immediate yuck-reaction from former C programmers and those scarred by non-free-form FORTRAN.
b) Copying and pasting from forums gets harder. Whether or not this is bad is up to debate.
c) Mixing of tabs and spaces, especially in projects with more than one developer. If you can't get a bunch of people to follow the same coding style OR use a tool that changes the code accordingly, Python is probably the least of your problems, as in case b).
I've only used Python recently because it's just so much easier to remember/relearn than e.g. C++, especially if you just program in your spare time, for fun.