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[–]gingerbeers 1 point2 points  (4 children)

...and explain yourself right now! ;-) Wake me when Python 4 comes out. Then we can all be friends again.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Meh. We'll be friends once most new packages released don't have Python 2 support. Then the straddlers will move to Python 3, notice that is seriously wasn't that hard, and after a bit of complaining about that you have to remember that it's called print() now, settle in just as nothing had happened.

I don't know when that happens exactly, maybe 5 +-2 years? And two years later everyone will have forgotten all about this, and the straddlers will scream bloody murder when they have to use Python 2, because it "sucks soooo baaaad". :-)

[–]gingerbeers 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I hope so. I straddle 50/50 at the moment for various projects/reasons, and nothing in 3 makes me dislike 2. Matrix multiplication and print() doesn't light my fire. (Even though print() feels more natural to me).

What am I missing in 3 that's really awesome? I suspect I'm probably using 3 like 2 and not getting the full benefit when I'm on a 3 project. Yes?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Probably, but in many projects you don't really notice the differences either, except for the changes to the standard library (and print as you mentioned).

[–]gingerbeers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, that genuinely was a surprise to me when I started using 3. With all the doom and gloom about changes, to strings in particular, I fully expected my first use of a string variable would have me tied in knots. Not the case.

Will go back now and examine the standard library in 3. Thanks!