Python 3.0 Has Arrived!

I hadn't noticed this myself; it was from a post shared (via Google Reader) from Brandon that I learned of it.  Python 3.0 ('Python 3000') was first talked about (2000) not long after I was still using Python a lot (1999)...and it's finally here.  This is the long awaited release that is intentionally not backward compatible with previous releases, meant to clean up some language cruft.  Guido's summary of the changes: What's New In Python 3.0

Python Code History, Visually

Brandon sent this to me tonight. It's pretty cool -- basically a moving histogram of Python source commits over time, with some added visual flair as developers fade in and out of the scene. It's crazy to see the explosion of activity when it began to become widely used (1999/2000).


code_swarm - Python from Michael Ogawa on Vimeo.