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Sad to see this PEP dates back to 2005, and 10 years later the majority of Python developers are still on 2.x and don't benefit from it :-/
by sylvinus 11y ago
Sad to see this PEP dates back to 2005, and 10 years later the majority of Python developers are still on 2.x and don't benefit from it :-/
- lmm 11y agoI think the majority are using 3.x for new projects? Of course there's still a lot of 2.x around.
- jahnu 11y agoA lot of us who came to Python late have only ever used 3. I can't imagine the horror of dealing with multiple charsets and bytes in 2.x
- mrkmcknz 11y ago3years ago I would probably argue that you should just use Python 2.X. But most packages you will use are now ported to Python 3.
- theVirginian 11y agoOne issue is that almost every google search for documentation points to the 2.x version, sometimes even if you search for Python 3 meaning you have to manually find the dropdown and switch to a new version. I imagine this is cumbersome for many new developers.
- yuvadam 11y agoIt's all about what OSs ship with, and we're getting to the point where Python 3.x is the default.