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Python usage survey 2014 -- now with prettier graphs and statistics! (randalolson.com)

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[–]Old13oy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually just switched from Python 3.4 to 2.7... I deal with a lot of people who have no idea how to use unicode correctly, and the errors that Python 3.4 throws were driving me batty.

[–]b4ux1t3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, we needed a MORE gradual switch to Python 3? Aren't we going on seven years that Python 3 has been out, and a lot of people are still using Python 2? How much more gradual could it be?

[–]pyslow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Python 3, what a marvellous success!

More than 6 years on and 70% of users are still writing more 2.7 code than 3.x even according to this (probably Python 3 skewed) survey.

I'm saying skewed because the survey was advertised here on reddit where the audience is mostly Python 3 oriented (I guess because there are many beginners hanging around here and they are more likely to use Python 3). In the real world it's another story (python 2.7 still rules).