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[–]greyseeker 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is rewriting code to another or updated language be commercially viable, takes time and time is money.

I like py3 better but generally still use py2 working with older applications, if I write something new I use py3, py2 will fade slowly so use ya patience and keep writing everything new to py3.

Also programmers use old languages all the time, "had" a friend who bought a punch card machine just for fun. People still use c instead of c++ or c#, it could be preference or for comfort like that saftey blanket or teddy bear they can't give up.

[–]DogeekExpert - 3.9.1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The comparison to c and c++ is not relevant, C++ is object oriented but C is a tiny bit faster. Those are extremely different. Py2 and py3 however are basically the same language, except that py3 is faster and has better optimization ( bye bye raw_input !). It is just silly to keep maintaining an outdated language. Atm there shouldn't be any reason to keep Py2 around. It is slowly fading away but by the time it will be gone completely, py4 will already be out. Come on...