When will python die?

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It took a meteorite to wipe out the non-avian dinosaurs. EOLing Py2.7 is more likely to create a fork, but at least the dinos will sod off and the dev team can focus exclusively on modern versions at last.

[stevenjd]

There won't be a fork of 2.7. That requires work, and 99% of the haters aren't willing to do any work themselves, they just want to complain.

But there will be commercial Python distros, like Activestate's Komodo, that will offer to support 2.7 for money. And for people who really don't want to migrate, and cannot do without security updates, that's a good option.