• The (Non-)Return of the Python Print Statement

  

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  The (Non-)Return of the Python Print Statement Guido van Rossum recently proposed re-introducing the Python print statement. He was completely serious and even though the idea didn’t gain traction, it’s interesting to know why he made the proposal. JAKE EDGE

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• [$] The (non-)return of the Python print statement

  

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  In what may have seemed like an April Fool's Day joke to some, Python creator Guido...

  In what may have seemed like an April Fool's Day joke to some, Python creator Guido van Rossum recently floated the idea of bringing back the print statement—several months after Python 2, which had such a statement, reached its end of life. In fact, Van Rossum acknowledged that readers of his message to the python-ideas mailing list might be checking the date: "No, it's not...

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