Re: Python 3.x adoption

From	Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject	Re: Python 3.x adoption
Date	2014-01-17 17:10 -0500
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On 1/17/2014 10:27 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-01-14, Staszek <noreply@eisenbits.com> wrote:
>
>> What's the problem with Python 3.x?
>
> The problem with Python 3.x is Python 2.7. ;)

Cute.

>> What's wrong?...
>
> Python 2.7 still does everything 99% of us need to do, and we're too
> lazy to switch.

While '99' is rhetorical, the statement is accurate for many. The core 
devs do not expect such people* to switch until they think they would 
benefit, and even then, only to the version that has enough goodies.

* except for authors of widely used libraries ;-), and even then, it 
ends up being a matter of whether such authors think they will benefit 
from having 3.x users.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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Python 3.x adoption Staszek <noreply@eisenbits.com> - 2014-01-14 20:33 +0100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-01-14 13:38 -0600
    Re: Python 3.x adoption beliavsky@aol.com - 2014-01-17 14:16 -0800
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-17 22:51 +0000
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-17 18:03 -0500
        Re: Python 3.x adoption beliavsky@aol.com - 2014-01-18 05:27 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-01-21 11:04 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-01-21 11:15 -0800
          Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 06:25 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-17 23:12 +0000
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-18 10:17 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-17 20:01 -0500
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-18 12:18 +1100
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-01-18 12:27 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-15 06:44 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-01-15 02:55 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-01-15 03:30 +0000
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2014-01-15 07:43 -0800
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2014-01-16 13:57 +0100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 03:14 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-15 16:46 +0000
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-16 04:08 +1100
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Christopher Welborn <cjwelborn@live.com> - 2014-01-15 11:37 -0600
  Re: Python 3.x adoption Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-17 15:27 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-01-17 10:15 -0600
      Re: Python 3.x adoption Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-17 20:02 +0000
        Re: Python 3.x adoption Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-01-17 21:49 -0500
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-17 16:21 +0000
    Re: Python 3.x adoption Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-17 17:10 -0500

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