I strongly dislike Python 3

John Bokma john at castleamber.com
Sat Jun 26 14:41:30 EDT 2010


Stephen Hansen <me+list/python at ixokai.io> writes:

> No, "I'm" not trying to kill Python 2 at all. My current estimation is
> that I'll be using it for at least the next three years -- library
> conversion momentum is there, but its happening faster in the pure
> Python libraries then a few critical C extensions I rely upon.

Based on my experience with Perl usage [1] I guess that Python 2 will be not
dead for 5 - 10 years.

> Done means finished: complete, not going to be advanced any further.

I think that's not true. If enough people want to support Python 2 it
might be possible to advance Python 2.

Personally I think it's good to clean up the closet now and then. But
probably has also to do with me being "new" to the language and not
having to port 101 Python programs to 3 :-D.

[1] I know several people who're still on Perl 5.0xxx (!)

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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