EVE Online moves to Python 3

It really speaks to how great the technical team can be. As crazy as it sounds Goldman Sacks and JP Morgan both maintained 2.7 Python as a core language until just a few years ago (yes, it's still used in production).

Re: EVE Online moves to Python 3

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Post by dcrazy » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

brianwawok wrote: post #2

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> Every character, every skill point, every asset in every hangar, every ISK in every wallet was written in Python 2 code, and all of it must read back under Python 3 exactly as it was.

This task would be even more challenging under such a dramatic rewrite.

Re: EVE Online moves to Python 3

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Post by 7bit » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC

chews wrote: post #5

It really speaks to how great the technical team can be. As crazy as it sounds Goldman Sacks and JP Morgan both maintained 2.7 Python as a core language until just a few years ago (yes, it's still used in production).

Or insane

Re: EVE Online moves to Python 3

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Post by ghuntley » Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC

chews wrote: post #5

It really speaks to how great the technical team can be. As crazy as it sounds Goldman Sacks and JP Morgan both maintained 2.7 Python as a core language until just a few years ago (yes, it's still used in production).

https://calpaterson.com/bank-python.html