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> 1. Python core dev pretended Python 3 was good and ready by, like, 3.1. It wasn't. IIRC the messaging from Guido and Python core dev circa PyCon 2008 and 200
by zerkten 7y ago
> 1. Python core dev pretended Python 3 was good and ready by, like, 3.1. It wasn't.
IIRC the messaging from Guido and Python core dev circa PyCon 2008 and 2009 was that it was good enough for people to start thinking about how they might migrate. This resulted in experiments with different approaches to migrations, maintenance of versions for Python 2 and 3, etc, but at that time there wasn't a clear end date and no rush to migrate. It seems like a lot of people misinterpreted what was actually said. Similar misinterpretations seem to happen within the wider internet community around the GIL and perf considerations. That cliff is finally here ten years later after a lot of experience with migrations.