[GTALUG] Python 2 vs python 3 debate

[Giles Orr]

On 18 December 2014 at 09:28, Stewart C. Russell <scruss at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 12:42 PM, Clifford Ilkay wrote:
>>
>> > See http://www.brython.info for an implementation of Python in JS …
>>
>> Interesting toy but not something I'd rely on to build a serious
>> application right now.
>
> Also:
>
> Brython 3.0.1 on Netscape 5.0 (X11)
>>>> 2**100
> 1
>
> Compare with:
>
> $ python3
> Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct  8 2014, 13:08:17)
> [GCC 4.9.1] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> 2**100
> 1267650600228229401496703205376
>
> I'll pass for now.

If Netscape 5.0 had ever been released, it would have come out in
1998.  I'd be shocked if ANY modern framework functioned in a 16 year
old browser: I expect this was a typo.  If you mean that it's
producing numbers that bad in a modern browser, yes, that's an issue.
Could you clarify?

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