Phyton

[Larry Martell]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 04:05 am, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
>> Why in the year 2016 are people still giving links to the Luddite Python
>> 2 docs?
>
> Because Python 2.7 is still supported, and will be officially supported
> until 2020, after which it will still have third-party support from
> companies like Red Hat until at least 2023.
>
> And I take exception to your use of the word "Luddite" to describe Python 2.
> Python 2 is a perfectly fine programming language, and it will continue to
> be used by some well past 2020. There's no need to bully people into
> upgrading to Python 3, or insult those using Python 2. Python 2 is here for
> the long haul.

I am an independent contractor and I have worked for 7 companies in
the last 10 years. A total of 1 of those 7 are using python 3. All the
others are using 2.