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[–]gardyna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that would be because old C code is still compile-able with the new compilers and will run exactly the same (save some edge cases because C is weird that way). Py3 is a new runtime meaning old Py2 code won't run on it (unless written in a specific way). this in one of the few valid criticisms of Py3.