Andy Sy writes: > Does this mean that Py3K intends to reuse major portions of > Python 2.x's implementation? Aahz already answered this, but I'd like to restate more forcefully: It is a FUNDAMENTAL PRECONDITION of Py3K that it will BE the existing CPython codebase, with a few changes and some cruft removed. We are NOT going to re-write from the ground up. If you don't know why, go read "http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html". -- Michael Chermside