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<wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:03bb12d8-93be-4ef6-94ae-4a02789aea2d@googlegroups.com...
> ==========
>
> I wrote once 90 % of Python 2 apps (a generic term) supposed to
> process text, strings are not working.
>
> In Python 3, that's 100 %. It is somehow only by chance, apps may
> give the illusion they are properly working.
>

It is quite frustrating when you make these statements without explaining 
what you mean by 'not working'.

It would be really useful if you could spell out -

1. what you did
2. what you expected to happen
3. what actually happened

Frank Millman