> The minor improvements of Python 3 did not warrant breaking backwards compatibility and most could have been handled in a way that would not break it opt-in d

> The minor improvements of Python 3 did not warrant breaking backwards compatibility and most could have been handled in a way that would not break it opt-in directives. There were serious issues in Python 2 that could not be fixed in any backward compatible way, and would have made further progress forward impossible. It wasn't done lightly and a lot of smart people thought about it for a long time. --- And your old Python 2 scripts will continue to work forever, so I'm not quite sure what your beef is.