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> Python 2 is going to exist for a long time in a lot of places. But it's a dead end for improvements. It's a dead end for innovation. It's a dead end for bug f
by markdown 10y ago
> Python 2 is going to exist for a long time in a lot of places. But it's a dead end for improvements. It's a dead end for innovation. It's a dead end for bug fixes and security fixes.
One the one hand I have this from you, an anon as far as I'm concerned. On the other I have Google, filled with some of the world's best python developers (and until recently the BDFL Guido van Rossum himself). Google App Engine still doesn't support Python 3.
- scriptkiddy 10y ago> Google App Engine still doesn't support Python 3. Um, yes it does: https://cloud.google.com/python/quickstarts https://cloud.google.com/python/quickstarts
- elithrar 10y agoYou're both half-right: the "standard" App Engine environment is "Python 2.7 only", via the link you just gave. The newer, flexible env (with less bullt-ins) does 3.x too.
- bmon 10y agoRight, because Google likely has a tremendous codebase which would prove difficult and costly to port. If they were making a decision today and had no existing python systems, do you think they'd choose the version that's going to be EOL in less than three years?