Linux distributions and Python 2

Posted Jun 13, 2018 9:08 UTC (Wed) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
In reply to: Linux distributions and Python 2 by Otus
Parent article: Linux distributions and Python 2

Yeah, people still use last millennium's C versions.

C had a moment not dissimilar to Python's, with the move from K&R to ANSI C.

It was one of the defining moments in the development of free software. Some popular Unixen took the opportunity to charge for their ANSI C compilers, which lead people to discover GCC and then the GNU Project's other tools.

Linux distributions and Python 2

Posted Jun 14, 2018 3:55 UTC (Thu) by lsl (subscriber, #86508) [Link]

> C had a moment not dissimilar to Python's, with the move from K&R to ANSI C.

The difference being that I can still use code written in the K&R dialect and link it together with new sources into a single program. Heck, I can even use K&R style as well as C11 features in the same translation unit. Sure, you get a -Wimplicit-int warning and it's a GCC thing but it works.