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> (j/k nobody uses python 3) Only about 450K downloads per month of Python 3 throughout 2011...on Windows, that platform no one uses. [source: the first sever
by briancurtin 15y ago
> (j/k nobody uses python 3)
Only about 450K downloads per month of Python 3 throughout 2011...on Windows, that platform no one uses.
[source: the first several slides of my PyCon talk - http://briancurtin.com/PyCon2012Presentation.pdf http://briancurtin.com/PyCon2012Presentation.pdf]
- ma2rten 15y agoI don't want to be overly cynical, but a lot of users download the latest version, before they realize 2.7 is what they really want/need. I for one made that mistake. I know at least of a couple of friends who did this as well.
- briancurtin 15y agoThat is certainly a situation that happens, but I don't think the number of people who actually went on to install and use the interpreter for something is any significant amount lower.