Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.114 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.78; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'php.': 0.07; '2.3,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; '2.7': 0.14; 'mostly': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.4': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'app': 0.19; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; '2.x': 0.24; 'guys': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'mention': 0.26; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'hosting': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'software,': 0.31; '+0100,': 0.31; '2008,': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'dropped': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'run': 0.32; 'problem': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'example,': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'system,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'supporting': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'ago.': 0.61; 'providing': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'companies': 0.62; 'offer': 0.62; 'today': 0.64; 'provide': 0.64; 'iphone': 0.65; 'world': 0.66; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'six': 0.68; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; 'commercial': 0.71; 'surprise': 0.74; '2.7.': 0.84; 'mature': 0.84; 'reply- to:addr:python.org': 0.84; '5.2': 0.91; 'wordpress': 0.91; 'lot,': 0.93; 'old.': 0.93 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=CfYxutbl c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=5FYZ9MsUIQAA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=OUOv7kDek9cA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=8AHkEIZyAAAA:8 a=DL3BD1067XEA:10 a=7WIjCV2mAAAA:8 a=SQtZ_p9NfF5Ifv09CuMA:9 a=s9uqVNtAJfCk6bPJ:21 a=2w79DNWTQXtwtAcw:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:30:12 +0000 From: MRAB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python 3.x adoption References: <52d5f88e$0$29970$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> In-Reply-To: <52d5f88e$0$29970$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: python-list@python.org List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1389756619 news.xs4all.nl 2966 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33985 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63960 On 2014-01-15 02:55, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:33:50 +0100, Staszek wrote: > >> Hi >> >> What's the problem with Python 3.x? > > Nothing. > >> It was first released in 2008, > > That was only five years ago. > > I know that to young kids today who change their iPhone every six months, > five years sounds like a lot, but in the world of mature software, five > years is a blink of the eye. People still use Fortran code that is 30 > years old. I know of at least one person supporting a Python 1.5 system, > which is about 15 years old. RedHat is still providing commercial support > for Python 2.3, and their Python 2.7 commercial support won't end until > 2023 or 2024. > > >> but web hosting companies still seem to offer Python 2.x rather. >> >> For example, Google App Engine only offers Python 2.7. >> >> What's wrong?... > > Hosting companies are conservative. Just look at how many still offer old > versions of PHP. These guys offer PHP 5.2 to 5.5: > > http://www.a2hosting.com/php-hosting > > WordPress will run on PHP 4.1! > > So it is no surprise that Python hosting companies still mostly provide > 2.7. > Not to mention Windows XP, which is only now being dropped by Microsoft.