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On the topic of not enough carrot, I’m curious how impactful the end of support for python2 will be. How many programs stuck in python2 are encountering bugs in
by mxcrossb 7y ago
On the topic of not enough carrot, I’m curious how impactful the end of support for python2 will be. How many programs stuck in python2 are encountering bugs in the runtime?
- carapace 7y agoI actually find this aspect of the whole thing exciting, perhaps paradoxically. Now that Python 2 is static the runtime can become asymptotically bug-free. Meaning that, if you only change it to fix bugs (as opposed to introducing new syntax|semantics) it's going to approach perfection.
- joshuamorton 7y agoWho will do that though?
- carapace 7y agoI'm making it a hobby, at least: https://lists.sr.ht/~sforman/bladders-announce/%3C20190911164635.92CC6C06F5%40smtp.hushmail.com%3E https://lists.sr.ht/~sforman/bladders-announce/%3C2019091116...
- downerending 7y agoI've considered taking it on. If there were enough money in it, I'd very seriously consider it. It's a very good language.
- arbie 7y agoIn ten years, there will be serious money in it as enterprise codebases need to be renewed.
- d0mine 7y agoYou are assuming that fixing bugs introduces less new bugs.
- takeda 7y agoPython itself won't be as much affected, what will affect you most are your dependencies. Imagine using a library and running in some kind of bug. You check newer version, looks like that bug was fixed, but the library now only works on python 3.6+. What will you do?