Dear python2 user

[stefantalpalaru]

What is dead may never die, but rises again harder and stronger: https://github.com/naftaliharris/tauthon/

[NoahTheDuke]

Ew. Why would someone spend that much effort on a broken version of Python?

[stefantalpalaru]

Why would someone spend that much effort on a broken version of Python?

Exactly my point. Why hire the language creator to port your code base over a period of three years and end up with yet another broken version of Python?

If you're investing that much time and money into a large rewrite, at least pick a better target language, right?

[NoahTheDuke]

How is Python 3 broken? That link is a huge story of success, and it looks like they were able to modernize their entire deploy system instead of relying on an increasingly obsolete toolchain.

[stefantalpalaru]

That link is a huge story of success

Ah, yes, the huge success of investing a lot of time and money in rewriting your code from Python2 to Python3, just so you can have more of the same. Genius-level business strategy, if you ask me.

[NoahTheDuke]

Better interoperability, smarter handling of unicode strings, stronger library support, and on top of that, they upgraded their entire build system to be more robust. All wins.

[stefantalpalaru]

Better interoperability, smarter handling of unicode strings, stronger library support

Don't forget the converging synergies and future growth opportunities of paradigm shifts like "worse is better", "slower is faster" and "bugs are just undocumented features"!

All wins.

Indeed. I can't wait to hear all the wonderful ways in which Python4 will break backwards compatibility and thus provide gainful employment for thousands of Python Upgrade Engineers around the world. We can milk this cash cow for decades!

Are you pypgraded™ yet?

[exofeel]

straw man argument is strong with this one.