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Python 2 isn't dead. What they really mean is: "See all those countless developer-hours spent into adding features, fixing bugs, patching vulnerabilities for fr
by throwaway3878 6y ago
Python 2 isn't dead. What they really mean is: "See all those countless developer-hours spent into adding features, fixing bugs, patching vulnerabilities for free in a language you use every day to make boatloads of money without us ever asking anything in return? Well we won't do it anymore. For free, at least."
- xwdv 6y agoIf enough people say it’s dead and believe it in their heart, it makes it true. Personally it’s long been dead to me.
- serf 6y ago> If enough people say it’s dead and believe it in their heart, it makes it true. except for COBOL, which has the Schrodingers' property of having been (called) dead for 40+ years, but also somehow powering the world and its' infrastructure.
- drdeadringer 6y agoWho besides "government" and related spin-offs such as DoD contractors use COBOL? Does "subsidized zombification" count for a programming language being otherwise dead? Side Note: 20 years ago a SciFi book introduced me to the idea of "Software Archaeology". These days, such a term is slowly gaining traction as a job description. I've had to professionally dabble into this myself from time to time.
- AtlasBarfed 6y agoKInd of what Oracle is doing with Java. Churn the language super-quickly. Oh you want security patches and support on the 18 month old language? Pay us money.