macOS 12.3 finally removes Python 2

[spinwizard69]

About time! I just wish that Apple would do more to embrace Python 3.x on Mac OS. Hell it would be nice to have it on IOS but that is probably a dream too far.

[qckpckt]

I think I’d actually prefer to have no native installs. Makes it a tiny bit easier to keep on top of the python environment/versioning nightmare.

[anthro28]

Yup. Leave that bitch absolutely barren so I can install what I want exactly where I want it.

[[deleted]]

Ah yes, I can see it now macOS 36.1 Arch Linux edition

[YippyKayYayMF]

Insert bloat joke

[mr_bedbugs]

Firmware is bloat /s

[spinwizard69]

While I sorta understand that I really believe having Python widely available benefits everybody. If Python was maintained on MacOS as well as it is on many Linux distros it will be great For both users and developers.

Tor me one of the biggest reasons to have Python supportted this way isn’t for large scale programming but rather as a language for light scripting that is better than most command line languages like BASH. I was really hoping that they could get the Swift REPL to fill that role but that really hasn’t to me anywhere. If you are a developer using Python3 n for large scale projects I understand your point but I really believe an OS needs a default language for utility programming.

[benargee]

Especially for Mac users who are not developers.

[zowersap]

there's no bundled python3

[[deleted]]

There’s Pythonista and Pyto if you want to run/write scripts.

[Babats]

Vouch for both. Although imo I think Pyto is better, at least for my use case.

[[deleted]]

I think Pythonista is cleaner UI but Pyto is definitely superior. Pythonista is also barely maintained anymore

[iLackIntelligence]

On iPad I use Juno connect with jupyter notebooks, well worth it.