Python 3.5 Released, Adds Major Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Python 3.5 Released, Adds Major Features

Python 3.5.0 was released this morning with a number of major new features and other changes...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Python-3.5-Released

[johanb]

You forgot the best new feature, mypy compatible static typing is now available in the built in types module!

EDIT:
For those who havn't tried it, it isn't fully static typing but rather type annotations
Here's the PEP: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/

[Kemosabe]

You forgot the best new feature, mypy compatible static typing is now available in the built in types module!

What? Python has a builtin static typing functionality? Cannot find it in the release notes...

[log0]

What? Python has a builtin static typing functionality? Cannot find it in the release notes...

It doesnt. It is more of an awkward type annotation system, ignored by the interpreter.

[thebear]

Well, it's not quite official, nor a new language feature, the static typing uses annotations and is a provisional module:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/

[peppercats]

What? Python has a builtin static typing functionality? Cannot find it in the release notes...

It's essentially an ugly hack with annotations. If you want static typing, just use cython(which at this point, is essentially a standalone language.)

[armetuz]

If you want static typing, just use cython(which at this point, is essentially a standalone language.)

Or use a scripting language that does static typing right. Crystal language is the one that does it right https://github.com/manastech/crystal

[RahulSundaram]

Or use a scripting language that does static typing right. Crystal language is the one that does it right https://github.com/manastech/crystal

A language that emulates Ruby in an alpha stage with no ecosystem of libraries doesn't really compete with Python just yet.

[armetuz]

doesn't really compete with Python just yet

True. It is really hard to compete with Python. From other side Crystal developed quite active. I am watching the project for several months already and I like how its development process goes. I use Crystal for my personal dev tools and I am happy with the language.

The reason I mentioned Crystal here is the way it runs/builds apps. It uses LLVM to make binaries. It allows to create small and *very* fast binaries, e.g. in all benchmarks I saw Crystal beats Go/Rust and of course scripting languages like Python/Ruby.

This language/compiler is very interesting and worth looking at.

[Daktyl198]

The reason I mentioned Crystal here is the way it runs/builds apps. It uses LLVM to make binaries. It allows to create small and *very* fast binaries, e.g. in all benchmarks I saw Crystal beats Go/Rust and of course scripting languages like Python/Ruby.

Rust uses LLVM as well. It beats Go/Rust because those two have more language features that are compiled into every binary (especially rust), and it beats Python/Ruby simply by the fact that it's compiled.

Also, isn't a scripting language, by definition, interpreted? Thus Crystal wouldn't be one?