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I used to think along those lines but I don't buy this argument anymore. Many impossible-looking companies just switched pretty seamlessly Instagram, Dropbox et
by ilayn 8y ago
I used to think along those lines but I don't buy this argument anymore. Many impossible-looking companies just switched pretty seamlessly Instagram, Dropbox etc being among the big ones. Besides, you never hear about what is difficult about the migration as opposed to why it might be difficult because a lot of lines. I have been hearing this since a few years instead of repeating the same thing they would have ported by now should they even bothered.
Here are all the milestones https://python3statement.org/ https://python3statement.org/
- celias 8y agoThere is a discussion about Instagram's approach to migrating to python3 around the 34 minute mark in this talkpython podcast https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/155/practical-steps-for-moving-to-python-3 https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/155/practical-steps-for-... Lisa Guo's presentation starts around the 13 minute mark in the 2017 keynote linked to on that page. Here's a blog post about Dropbox migrating from python 2 to 3 https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2018/09/how-we-rolled-out-one-of-the-largest-python-3-migrations-ever/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2018/09/how-we-rolled-out-one...
- pseudalopex 8y agoFacebook and Dropbox took years to switch. Instagram took at least 10 months. (I think that was just the big push.) They switched after the Python developers added compatibility features in 2011 and 2012 and libraries had time to catch up.