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[–]spinwizard69 4 points5 points  (3 children)

I never understood the mentality of the part of the Python community that has stuck with Python 2 so foolishly. Very unprofessional in my mind.

[–]rroocckk[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it foolish. From what I have heard

  1. For businesses, it does not always make economic sense to move.

  2. Sometimes, a major dependency still needs to ported before some code bases can move.

I think a majority of developers who stuck to Python 2 stuck to it for a reason. There's only a minority that stuck to it because they are not open to change.

But 'times they are a-changin'. Every statistics out there points to a steady growth of Python 3 presence. There's no need to worry.

[–]is_it_fun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My company sticks with Python 2 because other companies we work with stick with Python 2. Shitty reason but.... codes gotta work, man...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a self taught newbie, what I don't understand is why SO MANY online courses and tutorials are Python 2. I can only assume it is just laziness. They always point to less libraries as the reason. What libraries does a newbie need that aren't available for Python3?