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0 pointsadastra222y ago0 comments

What would be the confusion? It’s a continuation of a language interpreter compatible with the dialect known as Python2.

Renaming it is more confusing!

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JoshTriplett2y ago

"Python 2.8" implies it's the One True Continuation of Python 2.7, as opposed to someone's random fork.

bandrami2y ago

Is there another continuation of Python 2.7 you know of?

He literally took over an abandoned codebase, and got sued for calling it the codebase's name.

abenga2y ago

You can't release new code that is incompatible with Python and call it Python if you have not been allowed to do so by the Python Software Foundation. It's like, basic trademark law.

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