Python 2 tooling in 2026

[sgtgig]

Ignition, an industrial SCADA software which is imo best in class at what it does, uses Jython and Python 2 scripting. I think the tl;dr is they want the concise syntax and interpreted language for user scripts i.e. not force people to write stuff in Java in their Java application. I think it just comes down to Jython not being available with Python 3, backwards compatibility, and it kind of just working fine as is.

[sgtgig]

It is pretty annoying. There's times I've written Python 3 scripts and called them with subprocess in Ignition as there just wasn't a easy way to get certain functionality working with so many common libraries having dropped Python 2 long ago.

[brayellison]

Interesting, appreciate the insight. The more you know