alt Hacker NewsThe Python C api leaks its guts. Too much of the internal representation was made available for extensions and now basically any change would be guaranteed to break backwards compatibility with something.
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echelon • yesterday at 9:55 PM
It's a shame that Python 2->3 transition was so painful, because Python could use a few more clean breaks with the past.
This would be a potential case for a new major version number.
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Ooo this makes sense it's like if the Linux had don't break users space AND a whole bunch of other purely internal APIs you also can't refactor.