[Python-Dev] Python 3.0 list of goals (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Aug 18 05:16:46 CEST 2004

As a point of interest, are Python 3.0 and Python 3000 actually the same thing?

In my mind, yes.

Python 3000 is clearly some hypothetical version at some unspecified time in the future, which may or may not ever exist. But at the rate version numbers are going, we're going to actually get to 3.0 before very long. So, when we talk about 3.0, are we talking about a wish version or a real version?

Actually, with one minor version number bump per 12-18 months, we should have at least 5 years before we're at 2.9. So I think we can continue to equate 3.0 and 3000. It would be nice PR to actually call it "Python 3000" rather than "Python 3.0" when it comes out -- showing we can play the marketing game as well as anybody without losing our sense of humor.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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