Re: the Gravity of Python 2

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Date	Mon, 6 Jan 2014 13:41:34 -0600
Subject	Re: the Gravity of Python 2
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> http://blog.startifact.com/posts/python-2-gravity.html
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> "A Way Forward - How to go forward then? I think it makes sense to work as
> hard as possible to lift those Python 2 codebases out of the gravity well."
>
> I think this is complete nonsense.  There's only been five years since the
> first release of Python 3.  Surely much more time should be made available
> for people using Python 2 to plan for a migration?

What makes no sense is that you've started a whole 'nother thread on
an issue whose gravity is right here, already on the list.  Add your
new commentary and links to existing threads would be easier, yes?

Mark unLawrence

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Re: the Gravity of Python 2 Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2014-01-06 13:41 -0600

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