Python and Perl break with the past

December 8, 2008 by Ventejuy
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Last week two news about these two high-level languages, both concerning a matter of backward compatibility.

On the one hand has just been released Python 3 , a new version that is incompatible with the 2.x versions of language changes in libraries and because some features are no longer available.

Moreover Perl 6 developers have confirmed that version is not compatible with earlier versions . The goal is to make the language more readable removed some options, but does not stop there Larry Wall, Perl 6 for want of multiple languages ​​in one, with a standard base and the possibility of using "dialects" that fit each type of controller .

Well, you see these two classics have thought that "fresh start" was best to avoid ballast.

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