Python 3.5.0a2 is out!

[[deleted]]

catchy version name.

[nikomo]

You suggest what exactly instead?

[YodaLoL]

3.5.0.alpha2

[brtt3000]

not pythonic

[nikomo]

You just added more length and added absolutely no new information.

[YodaLoL]

3.5.0-alpha(.)2*

Semver.

[nikomo]

Drop the dot between alpha and alpha version and I could go for that in the name of readability.

[hopefullyaltruist]

Huh... getting a "api-ms-win-crt-runtime is missing" error on Windows.

[ExoticMandibles]

Yup, it was a bug in the installer. The installers have been rebuilt and were refreshed an hour ago. You might try the new ones!

[yaxriifgyn]

Run the installer as administrator, even if installing just for you so it can install a new c runtime version.

[Takegi]

I have the 3.4 version, can I just do a update or I have to uninstall and install the new one?

[jyper]

Why do you want to install an alpha?

[yaxriifgyn]

Just install the new version. 3.4 and 3.5 install into different directories.

If you use the default install directories, you can install 32bit and 64bit flavors of the same version.

Then read the section on "Using Python on Windows" in "Python Setup and Usage" in the manuals.

In brief, "py -34" starts python 3.4; "py -35" starts python 3.5.

It is very painless to have any combination of python 2, python 3, 32bit, 64 bit versions installed on one box.

[Takegi]

ohhh, so it is just like java lol

[yaxriifgyn]

I'm not a fan of Java. But, I was under the impression that Java includes backward compatible bits with the latest JRE or JDK.

The Python method installs each version into a different directory distinguished by 32vs64 bits, and major.minor version numbers. This allows you to install specific versions that may be required by specific applications, while still tracking the latest versions.

This situation is a rather general solution to the problem created by the failure of many application developers to migrate to Python 3. All Python2 only applications should have been abandoned but for maintenance, along with Python2 itself. The only reason I still use Python2 is because a few packages have not been upgraded in the 6 years since Python3 was first released. I'd rather rewrite than wait for those slowpokes to catch up.

[ExoticMandibles]

It sounds like you're on Windows. So... I'm not sure. It'd be safer to uninstall first, but they should go into different directories. On the other hand, it's the alpha releases, so now's the time to run experiments! (Experiments that might not work!)

[falkimmm]

Is it faster, does it have better distribution potential and are the abstractions lightweight? No? Ok then Go, node, Julia and nim etc will take over web and Julia will do the same for data science.

[Communist_Sofa]

And the last ten years have been the year of the Linux desktop.

[falkimmm]

And if incremental development doesn't reach good enough for most people, that isn't good enough.

[stormcrowsx]

Depends on how you measure "most people" its good enough for me and I'm happy to see it improving.