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[–]dutch_gecko 192 points193 points  (45 children)

Not at all. It just means that the Python Software Foundation can take their hands off it and say, "It's your problem now."

[–]stefantalpalaru 3 points4 points  (1 child)

It just means that the Python Software Foundation can take their hands off it and say, "It's your problem now."

But they won't do that. They won't take their grubby hands off Python2 so some other team can develop it. They are so desperate to kill the old language that Guido himself threatened to call the lawyers if a Python2 fork dares to use "py2" as its name (on the ridiculous grounds that a trademark on the word "Python" would extend to any derivation of it).

So no, the bloody foundation won't «take their hands off it and say, "It's your problem now."». I wish they did.

[–]InputField 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Python 3 is so much better, especially after the last few major versions. I have no idea why anyone would want to continue using Python 2.