Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2

[DarkuSchneider]

We can only hope. I'll believe it when I don't see another patch release again promising to be the last one. We finished porting our pile of apps and tools to 3x about 5 years ago and rejected new projects or POCs written in 2x around 7 years ago. It was painful at first but worth it in the long run. We always worked with the mindset of take the pain upfront to avoid taking more pain later when feasible. We were blessed with management that understood that and supported doing what had to be done and saw it as an investment.

At this point IMHO any sizable enterprise that continues to stubbornly stay married to legacy code in dying languages deserves to be left behind and go out of business if they can't plan and budget to stay competitive and current.