Re: [Python-Dev] Python 3 executable name (was: Re: PEP 3000 and iterators)

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Janssen
> Perhaps the renaming should be more radical, to indicate the extent of > the change. Another possiblity would be to use the new name to indicate a position in a spectrum of programming languages. For instance, "beryl", "topaz", "steel" and "jade" are (on the Mohs scale) all sturdier than pearl

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 3 executable name (was: Re: PEP 3000 and iterators)

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Janssen
> perhaps the Python 3 executable should have a different name as part > of the standard distribution? I suggest "py" / "py.exe" Perhaps the renaming should be more radical, to indicate the extent of the change. I suggest "second", to commemorate "Second City" in Chicago, another famous comedy tr

[Python-Dev] Python 3 executable name (was: Re: PEP 3000 and iterators)

2005-09-11 Thread Oren Tirosh
On 9/11/05, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > But just installing python3.0 as python and expecting > nothing will break is not a goal -- it would be too constraining. It should be expected that many users will keep both 2.x and 3 side by side for quite a long time. Instead of havi