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Even Python 2.0 is over 20+ years old!

• forgotmypw17 4y ago
  I avoid Python because of it's track record with breaking changes. Almost every time I try to run something Python, I run into version incompatibility issues, which is not the experience I want others to have with my project.
  • simonw 4y ago
    The vast majority of breaking changes should have been down to the Python 2 to Python 3 upgrade - since then I've seen very few breaking changes affect my projects. The trick I use to protect against them is to run my test suite against multiple Python versions using GitHub Actions, e.g. here: https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/blob/main/.github/workflows/test.yml https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/blob/main/.github/wor...
    • forgotmypw17 4y ago
      I prefer to just write in Perl and without third-party modules, which is backwards compatible to 5.000 (1994)