Today is April Fool and on python mailing list following kept me laughing.
Why the version 8? It’s just to be greater than Perl 6 and PHP 7, but
it’s also a mnemonic for PEP 8. By the way, each minor release will now
multiply the version by 2. With Python 8 released in 2016 and one
release every two years, we will beat Firefox 44 in 2022 (Python 64) and
Windows 2003 in 2032 (Python 2048).
and this too
DON’T PANIC! You are still able to import your legacy code into
Python 8, you just have to rename all your modules to add a “_noqa” suffix
to the filename. For example, rename utils.py to utils_noqa.py. A side
effect is that you have to update all imports. For example, replace
“import django” with “import django_noqa”. After a study of the PSF,
it’s a best option to split again the Python community and make sure
that all users are angry.
Seriously we can have fun with python, read full thread
