The real problem with Python 3 - no business case for conversion (was "I strongly dislike Python 3")

[sturlamolden]

On 5 Jul, 01:58, John Nagle <na... at animats.com> wrote:

>      Exactly.
>
>      The "incompatible with all extension modules I need" part
> is the problem right now.  A good first step would be to
> identify the top 5 or 10 modules that are blocking a move to
> Python 3 by major projects with many users.

The big danger is Python 2.x becoming abandonware (2.7 being the final
release) before major projects are ported. Using Python 2.x for new
projects is not advisable (at least many will think so), and using 3.x
is not possible. What to do? It's not a helpful situation for Python.