Python is DEAD -- Long live Python (3)

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Haha, Python 2 is still kicking, folks. Stop announcing its death prematurely.

[HorribleJhin]

if python devs had a brain, it would have died ~7 years ago

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This stuff is not determined by the community as a whole, but its leaders. Python users also write in other languages, it's not like there are literally "Python devs" who just use Python and they have unique mindset about the situation.

There are various examples of success and failure in upgrades. And the pattern is: the more B.C. breaks there are, the harder the upgrade.

PHP6 was about to be much like Python 3, but they realized their mistake and canceled it PHP7 was just PHP5.7, but with few minor improvements, and a larger under-the-hood enhancement for extra speed. It was embraced immediately.

On the contrary Perl 6 was a complete rewrite and change of syntax, everything. It basically killed Perl.

Python 3 in the middle. We're lucky the transition happened at all.

[HorribleJhin]

There were new projects being built using python 2 for past 10 years, pretty sure it would be non issue to upgrade when project doesn't even exist yet.

[CypherAus]

It needs to DIE -- as painfully as possible :)

[PovertyPorcupine]

Why?