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i started with python when 3 dropped in ~2008.917 ignorant of any prior ecosystem i just thought i was getting into the most current i came for the prebaked a

i started with python when 3 dropped in ~2008.917 ignorant of any prior ecosystem i just thought i was getting into the most current i came for the prebaked arbitrary precision floating point arithmetic and now i use it for prototyping all of my projects, and all the other stuff that i would call general scripting this 2to3 complaint made sense to me from an employed standpoint:i work as X and use 2.7's Y library; but you said general scripting i wonder what libraries were you hoping to use but were unable, and for what general scripting purpose?

Stubb 10y ago
This was back in late 2013. My general scripting had to do with automating wireless network simulations to explore parameter spaces and slicing & dicing results stored in MySQL or SQLite databases. I recall several showstoppers in Python v3 including integration into Emacs, accessing a MySQL database, and basic visualization. The library system was also a mess. It didn't seem possible to develop on v3 and expect that the libraries you needed would be available. Or that anyone else would care since they were all using v2.7.