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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:15:38 -0600
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
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Subject: Re: Python 3.x adoption
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On 2014-01-17 15:27, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > What's wrong?...  
> 
> Python 2.7 still does everything 99% of us need to do, and we're too
> lazy to switch.

And in most distros, typing "python" invokes 2.x, and explicitly
typing "python3" is almost 17% longer.  We're a lazy bunch! :-)

-tkc