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

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>Now, I know nothing of Python.  But the little I "think" I understand, 
>from reading here in c.o.v, is that some people who are working on 
>Python 3 have a vision that is incompatible with older versions of 
>Python.  Is that a fair assessment?

Yes,  Python3 is really a completely different language than Python2.
And, unlike the change from perl4 to perl5, there is a huge amount of 
existing code in Python2 and a large number of users who are unwilling
to move.  So currently, Python2 and Python3 are existing in parallel
and (at least for Unix users) everybody expects to have both.  I expect
that to continue.
--scott


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