Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model
by devjab on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @01:09AM
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Isn’t that how you end up with Python 2 and 3 though?
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Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model
by wiz21c on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:54AM
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Python3 changes were many "little" things; some more fundamental than other (unicode str). So I guess they were able to split the work in tiny pieces and, ultimately, were able to manage the project...
Re:PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model
by pphysch on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @01:09PM
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Yes, that was a rough migration process, but the long-term result is we have an improved language and growing community instead of Python going the way of PHP and Perl.
Between the 3 P's, Python's strategic decisions in 2000s were clearly the most successful.
And it wasn't a total rewrite.