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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: How keep Python 3 moving forward
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Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>:

> If you want to migrate to Python 3, help that library forward, rather
> than trying to make some bespoke replacement you think will be a
> killer app.

Few people have Python 3 as an objective. What I'm saying is that if
Python 3 had something everybody wants and nothing else provides, the
people will come, even the legacy libraries will be ported then.


Marko