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Re:Python 3 makes it easier to develop high-quality software by spdionis on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:17AM (#10588580)
The weird thing as a non-python user is why did they even start with python 2 as first class in mind?
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Re:Python 3 makes it easier to develop high-quality software by anabranch on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @12:15PM (#10589076)
Probably the same reason (or at least somewhat related to) that Google App Engine only supports python 2.7. (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/)
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Re:Python 3 makes it easier to develop high-quality software by CydeWeys on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:07PM (#10590360)
Python 2 is used internally at Google, and TensorFlow is, I believe, an open sourcing and nicer packaging of something that has already existed internally for awhile.
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Re:Python 3 makes it easier to develop high-quality software by eeZi on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @12:51PM (#10589388)
Big companies are moving slow, even Google.
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Re:Python 3 makes it easier to develop high-quality software by vegabook on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:08PM (#10591131)
because the low risk, high-audience strategy, when you're launching a new product, is to follow the path of least resistance, rather than being dogmatic. Maximum audience.
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