Python 3.x adoption

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On 2014-01-15 02:55, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:33:50 +0100, Staszek wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> What's the problem with Python 3.x?
>
> Nothing.
>
>> It was first released in 2008,
>
> That was only five years ago.
>
> I know that to young kids today who change their iPhone every six months,
> five years sounds like a lot, but in the world of mature software, five
> years is a blink of the eye. People still use Fortran code that is 30
> years old. I know of at least one person supporting a Python 1.5 system,
> which is about 15 years old. RedHat is still providing commercial support
> for Python 2.3, and their Python 2.7 commercial support won't end until
> 2023 or 2024.
>
>
>> but web hosting companies still seem to offer Python 2.x rather.
>>
>> For example, Google App Engine only offers Python 2.7.
>>
>> What's wrong?...
>
> Hosting companies are conservative. Just look at how many still offer old
> versions of PHP. These guys offer PHP 5.2 to 5.5:
>
> http://www.a2hosting.com/php-hosting
>
> WordPress will run on PHP 4.1!
>
> So it is no surprise that Python hosting companies still mostly provide
> 2.7.
>
Not to mention Windows XP, which is only now being dropped by Microsoft.