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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/4/2019 4:27 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Then I guess the question is, will Python 3 attract many users?

It has.

3.0 was released in 2008.

New code is often written in 3.

3 has added some features that some people need.

Arne