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		aw3c2 on Oct 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal released Awesome! Does anyone know if that means that "python" is python 3 then? Or do they still use 2 for "python" and just add eg a new binary named "python3" by default?

takluyver on Oct 18, 2012 [–]

"python" is still Python 2, and will be for the foreseeable future. Python 3 is, as you guessed, a separate binary called "python3".

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