Armin hates Python 3 and considers it a step backward. Ref this discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ugg24/armin_ronacher_on_why_python_2_is_the

Armin hates Python 3 and considers it a step backward. Ref this discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ugg24/armin_ronacher_on_why_python_2_is_the_better/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ugg24/armin_ronache... /u/mitsuhiko is Armin. I'm not experienced enough with Python to pick a side, but for basic numerical analysis interfacing with Excel spreadsheets, Python 3 has worked fine. You don't seem to hear other prominent Python developers expressing these things (say, from Django) so he's unusually picky about Python handling of text/bytes.