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Python 2 should be dead by now. Please, just let it die.
by ddtaylor 5y ago
Python 2 should be dead by now. Please, just let it die.
- rsj_hn 5y agoFriend, we're still running COBOL. There are still shops with computers running windows XP, performing various scripted automation or batch tasks. The idea that some running system will be taken offline just because the language is old is incompatible with a lot of real world needs.
- int_19h 5y agoThe problem isn't so much so that Python 2.7 the language is old, but rather that the implementation is no longer supported - including security issues. Having said that, 2.7 still has commercial third-party support, e.g. from ActiveState. Which, presumably, will be around for as long as there are enough users willing to pay for it.
- at_a_remove 5y agoTechnology sticks around for a lot longer than people think, for reasons most cannot imagine until they are faced with these very real business scenarios. I should know, I am living with Python 2 right now.
- nomel 5y agoWith existing, mostly stable, offline code, I've seen that switching to python 3 is not easy to justify, especially if you're short staffed. I would say that type hints are the most tangible benefit, but most IDEs support the, less than ideal, python 2 versions.
- nijave 5y agoIt should be but it's included in LTS software which is still supported CentOS 7, for instance, still has 3 more years of patch support