The Incredible Growth of Python (stackoverflow.blog)

[Tim Golden]

On 12/09/2017 12:20, Leam Hall wrote:
> But if someone comes onto the list, or IRC, and says they need to stay 
> on Python 2 then please drop the dozens of e-mails and comments about 
> upgrading. 

(Just spotted this quoted by Steven D'Aprano).

Another factor of course is that people are reading and interacting with 
the list/newsgroup in many different ways, and so what appears as a 
pile-on almost certainly isn't (as such). It's the common reaction of a 
number of probably unconnected people with a similar mindset.

Obviously Leam's point is still valid: it looks like a wall of unwanted 
advice. But I wanted to defend "The List" (or "The Newsgroup") which of 
course is just a load of different people.

TJG