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Re:Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8 by tedivm on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:48PM (#33347737)
php7 was such a huge leap they skipped php6 (although there were other reasons for that).
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Re:Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8 by captn3m0 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:06PM (#33347943)
> Version 6 is generally associated with failure in the world of dynamic languages. PHP 6 was a failure; Perl 6 was a failure. It's actually associated with failure also outside the dynamic language world - MySQL 6 also existed but never released.

TIL MySQL 6

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php6

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Re:Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8 by KwanEsq on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @06:49PM (#33350661)
Meanwhile Java(ECMA)Script bucking the trend by getting its failure out of the way at 4.
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Re:Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8 by klyrs on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @08:25PM (#33351446)
Whereas Python doesn't even plan for 4 because 3 hurt so bad
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