[Info-vax] Python 2 support ends 1-Jan-2020

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/3/2019 8:47 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
> On 3/01/2019 11:37 pm, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2019-01-03 03:03:13 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:
>>
>>> Just found out that latest stable Jython - that is 2.7.1 works on...
>>
>> Semi-unrelated: Python 2 goes unsupported within a year.
>>
>> "Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 will have an extended period of 
>> maintenance. Specifically, 2.7 will receive bugfix support until 
>> January 1, 2020. After the last release, 2.7 will receive no support."
> 
> I'll believe it when it happes!
> 
> Who thought deliberately breaking thinks like changing Print from a verb 
> to a method would break so much :-)

And another little change:

Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> 5/2
2

Python 3.6.6 (v3.6.6:4cf1f54eb7, Jun 27 2018, 03:37:03) [MSC v.1900 64 
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> 5/2
2.5

Arne