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> They added Python 3 features to Python 2 over the years to encourage adoption of Python 3 as the standard. It worked. Did it really? My impression was the op
by mikebenfield 9y ago
> They added Python 3 features to Python 2 over the years to encourage adoption of Python 3 as the standard. It worked.
Did it really? My impression was the opposite: the fact that so much of Python 3 became available in Python 2 made people feel like there was no point in moving to Python 3.
- viraptor 9y agoIt worked both ways. Some new features were ported back, some could be ported, but explicitly weren't to encourage migration. On the other side, things like the "u" prefix got re-added to python 3 for compatibility.