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Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release

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Re: Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release

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Post by BjoernKW »

ggm wrote: post #7
VeejayRampay wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The double standard when it comes to Python is mindblowing. No other language could have gotten away with such ridiculous fragmentation and perf regression for such a long period of time.

Perl6

Well, they didn't really get away with it.

Perl isn't as widely used as it used to be. Besides, in spite of the name Perl6 isn't compatible with Perl5 but rather a completely new language.

Re: Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release

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Post by Y_Y »

VeejayRampay wrote: post #5
dajonker wrote: post #3

This is good: - Python 2 support officially ends somewhere in 2020 - most popular packages are now compatible with Python 3 - Python 3.7 performs about as well as 2.7 with future release expected to be better Although it still took way too long, if you consider Python 3.0 was released about 10 years ago.

The double standard when it comes to Python is mindblowing. No other language could have gotten away with such ridiculous fragmentation and perf regression for such a long period of time.

Not to mention the loss of tuple unpacking in function signatures. Even if i felt morally wrong about it, for the last few years I've been writing python2 with a few `from __future__`s at the top since it was fastest and most featureful and had all the libraries.

Re: Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release

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Post by nothrabannosir »

VeejayRampay wrote: post #5
dajonker wrote: post #3

This is good: - Python 2 support officially ends somewhere in 2020 - most popular packages are now compatible with Python 3 - Python 3.7 performs about as well as 2.7 with future release expected to be better Although it still took way too long, if you consider Python 3.0 was released about 10 years ago.

The double standard when it comes to Python is mindblowing. No other language could have gotten away with such ridiculous fragmentation and perf regression for such a long period of time.

Double standards by whom?? Every other article or comment I’ve read since basically py3+1y has been incredibly negative about it. The only positive news about Python, recently, seems from people who were not around since the py2 days. Data science is where it’s at now, but it used to be massive and ubiquitous. Golang came at a time where public perception of Python was down the drain, and ate a big chunk of its lunch.

Re: Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release

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Post by mhd »

VeejayRampay wrote: post #5
dajonker wrote: post #3

This is good: - Python 2 support officially ends somewhere in 2020 - most popular packages are now compatible with Python 3 - Python 3.7 performs about as well as 2.7 with future release expected to be better Although it still took way too long, if you consider Python 3.0 was released about 10 years ago.

The double standard when it comes to Python is mindblowing. No other language could have gotten away with such ridiculous fragmentation and perf regression for such a long period of time.

Wasn't there a big brouhaha over the change from VB6 to VB.Net? The big difference there is that if it's ordained from your corporate overlords, you have little choice, whereas you feel like you've got a bigger right to complain when it's "just" coming from the BDFL.
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