Picking a Python Version: A Manifesto

Table of Contents

1. 1. Python Versions
   1. The (Small) Break
   2. Moving Forward
   3. Unix-Like Systems
      1. Python 3 on Fedora and Red Hat
      2. Python 3 on Ubuntu
   4. Python 3 Uptake
      1. Downloads from python.org
      2. Downloads from the Python Package Index
      3. A 2013/2014 Survey
   5. Is It Enough?
      1. Python 3.5 Release Schedule
2. 2. Porting
   1. 2to3
   2. six.py
   3. Python-Future
   4. Library Support
3. 3. Advantages of Python 3.x
   1. Unicode Handling
   2. The Greatly Improved Email and Mailbox Modules
   3. The concurrent.futures Module
   4. Coroutine Support and yield from
   5. The asyncio Module
   6. Views and Iterators Everywhere
   7. Function Annotations
   8. Other Things
      1. super() with No Arguments
      2. The str.format() Mini-Language
      3. The argparse Module
      4. The itertools Module Keeps Getting Better
      5. pip Everywhere
4. 4. Other Implementations
   1. PyPy
   2. PyPy-STM
   3. Jython
   4. IronPython
   5. Cython
   6. Numba
5. 5. Python Distributions
   1. Continuum Analytics’ Anaconda
   2. Enthought’s Canopy
   3. ActiveState’s ActivePython