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

[Dave Froble]

On 1/4/2019 1:17 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> 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
>
>

Then I guess the question is, will Python 3 attract many users?

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