You can't release new code that is incompatible with Python and call it Python if you have not been allowed to do so by the Python Software Foundation. It's like, basic trademark law.
I did in fact find it confusing that a very different language was released under the name "Python 3". They probably should have picked a new name rather than capitalizing on the original language's popularity to push their new idea.
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This is more than a little ironic since Python stole its name from a British comedy show.
Monty Python didn't register Python as a name for computer software was far as I know. Nobody was going to confuse the two.
Releasing Python 2.8 would definitely confuse people.
What would be the confusion? It’s a continuation of a language interpreter compatible with the dialect known as Python2.
Renaming it is more confusing!
"Python 2.8" implies it's the One True Continuation of Python 2.7, as opposed to someone's random fork.
Is there another continuation of Python 2.7 you know of?
He literally took over an abandoned codebase, and got sued for calling it the codebase's name.
You can't release new code that is incompatible with Python and call it Python if you have not been allowed to do so by the Python Software Foundation. It's like, basic trademark law.
I did in fact find it confusing that a very different language was released under the name "Python 3". They probably should have picked a new name rather than capitalizing on the original language's popularity to push their new idea.