The GIL and a JIT are low level implementation issues though, right? E.g., Python 3 can be implemented in PyPy (and it looks like that's in the works).
Most of the Python 3 changes are design and feature related, and it's a lot more than just "UTF-8 and a few tricks".
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The GIL and a JIT are low level implementation issues though, right? E.g., Python 3 can be implemented in PyPy (and it looks like that's in the works).
Most of the Python 3 changes are design and feature related, and it's a lot more than just "UTF-8 and a few tricks".
For example, Python 3.4 is adding asyncio (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3156/).
And if you look at the _What's New In Python 3.x pages_, there's a ton of new stuff.
edit: forgot a word