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So is OSX going to have python by default now?

• riazrizvi 7y ago
  Do you mean is MacOS going to have Python3x installed by default now?
  • ridiculous_fish 7y ago
    Apple has said that Python will be removed from the default macOS install.
    • bobbylarrybobby 7y ago
      Looks like only python2 is being removed: $ /usr/bin/python2 WARNING: Python 2.7 is not recommended. This version is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software. Future versions of macOS will not include Python 2.7. Instead, it is recommended that you transition to using 'python3' from within Terminal.
      • ridiculous_fish 7y ago
        The Catalina release notes do say "Future versions of macOS won’t include scripting language runtimes by default."
        • dorfsmay 7y ago
          Thanks. Sad, especially considering they moved to zsh. Trying to write short scripts that work both on Linux and Mac is getting more difficult.
          • ridiculous_fish 7y ago
            I agree, yet I think it's for the best. Apple has not been a motivated steward of the Mac Unix layer, so it's best for them to get out of the business entirely, and make space for the community to converge on a standard package manager.