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"Saying that Python 3 sucks" is putting it a bit lightly. He openly advocates against using Python 3 [0](related article [1]), which is obviously something the
by hobofan 9y ago
"Saying that Python 3 sucks" is putting it a bit lightly. He openly advocates against using Python 3 [0](related article [1]), which is obviously something the PSF doesn't like to see.
To be honest, I am a bit surprised that he adapted the book to Python 3 if he is so strongly against it.
[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20161123042252/https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161123042252/https://learnpyth...
[1]: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/11/23/a-rebuttal-for-python-3/ https://eev.ee/blog/2016/11/23/a-rebuttal-for-python-3/
- thehardsphere 9y agoWell, first he said he wasn't going to, then he got flamed by basically everyone on the Internet over it, then after that publicity died down he changed his mind and revised it. A cynic would think that his criticism was an elaborate marketing ploy to drive up sales of the eventual Python 3 edition of the book which he had planned all along...