It is curious how they completely revamped Python making most Python3 code incompatible with Python2 and yet they wanted to preserve C API "compatibility". Comp

It is curious how they completely revamped Python making most Python3 code incompatible with Python2 and yet they wanted to preserve C API "compatibility". Compatibility with what? Most Python3 modules had to be rewritten anyway - it was the perfect opportunity to fix the C API and get rid of the GIL once and for all.