It is a rant; but its to be expected to a certain degree. Python 3 is a big change, and while some may think it's "change for change's sake" (honestly, it reall

It is a rant; but its to be expected to a certain degree. Python 3 is a big change, and while some may think it's "change for change's sake" (honestly, it really isn't) I expect we're going to hear more rants like this as the days go on. We're steadily adding features to Python 3 which will make it an even nicer target, and things like NumPy are being ported soonish (there are python 3 builds available for it), so, yeah. It's unfortunate we can not make the transition a cake walk for everyone, but as you said, Python 2 is a rock, and it would have been grossly irresponsible of us to just walk away from it. At this juncture, python 2.7 simply makes sense - it helps ease the ramp, and fixes bugs / makes other improvements, etc, etc.