# What is the future of Processing Python Mode?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [February 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009 "2022-02-06T13:51:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hx2A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hx2a/32/14322_2.png) [@hx2A](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hx2A)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009/21 "2022-02-09T02:30:39Z")

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> [@Setsuna](#):
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> Btw: py5, p5py, and now pyp5js… Is the community trying to get the newbies confused? Because it’s working.

I get confused by this also!

I named py5 after p5. Do you know the story behind the “5”? I didn’t know it until long after I came up with the name.

The processing website URL was once [proce55ing.org](http://proce55ing.org), and the 5 is in remembrance of that. That URL still works and redirects to [processing.org](http://processing.org).

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**Author:** ![hx2A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hx2a/32/14322_2.png) [@hx2A](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hx2A)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009/22 "2022-02-09T02:35:49Z")

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> [@monkstone](#):
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> As you will have guessed my take is that each language has its own paradigm and it is beneficial to go with that.

I agree with this. It is better to design a framework that benefits from the uniqueness and strengths of a programming language.

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**Author:** ![Frozen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@Frozen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Frozen)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009/23 "2023-02-23T17:51:55Z")

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Hi, this might be a little off topic but I need some help and couldn’t find any appropriate place for it.  
So I am facing issues while generating the py5 library using the py5generator.  
I’ve searched for documentation of the py5generator but have found docs only for [building](https://py5coding.org/developer/build_process.html) py5. Please correct me if I am missing something.  
I’d like to contribute to the testing and automation of the repo.

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**Author:** ![tabreturn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tabreturn/32/3697_2.png) [@tabreturn](https://discourse.processing.org/u/tabreturn)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009/24 "2023-02-25T23:21:42Z")

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Thanks for your interest @Frozen. Try the discussions section at [https://github.com/py5coding/py5generator/discussions](https://github.com/py5coding/py5generator/discussions)

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