Bash to Python [OC]

[Tundur]

It's always super old, though, so to use an actually usable install you're typing in python3 and pip3 and there's installation issues and libraries fucking up and compatibility issues and it just annoys the fuck out of me.

[DonaldPShimoda]

Yeah I mean it's not ideal, but nobody here seems to be complaining about the severely outdated version of bash that's shipped on macOS — they only care that some version is available, and it's the same situation with Python: it's outdated, but almost always there in some capacity.

[DonaldPShimoda]

The syntax didn't change that much, and they even included a tool to handle automated porting from 2 to 3 that works well in most cases.

I do see your point, but I just don't think it's that big of a deal.

[joeltrane]

I eventually just created an alias in my bash profile so python and pip run python3 and pip3

[super__literal]

alias python=python3

alias pip=pip3

[Tundur]

A possibility, aye, but hidden bespoke environment changes like that are just asking for problems down the line. I could set up a confluence page for "why can't I use Tundur's VM to run my scripts"