> I think this article is an excellent illustration of the Python developers' failure to properly recognize this use case in the 2 to 3 transition. The entire

> I think this article is an excellent illustration of the Python developers' failure to properly recognize this use case in the 2 to 3 transition. The entire 2 to 3 transition is an excellent illustration of Python developers failing properly recognize the challenges in transition. What other popular language intentionally broke backwards comparability? It's hard to think of any. Python set the entire community back 10 years or more by making this drastic mistake.