Re:Why I'm Making Python 2.8
by toyg on Saturday December 10, 2016 @03:51PM
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Nice to break down FIVE 3.x versions vs TWO 2.x versions. Stack them up and let's count again.
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I agree, I also wish he would give actual numbers, rather than points on log chart, which are very hard to estimate by eye.
But to be fair, even with that, I doubt you would get more than 30% of Python 3 users. Which is kinda in line with other surveys, such as the one from JetBrains. (It's probably a good guess that users of Python applications are even more conservative in upgrading than developers of Python applications.)
ok let's do that, using the first graph for Overall Python Downloads:
2.7: 10 million (M)
2.6: 0.5 M
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3.5: 1 M
3.4: 0.750 M
3.3: 0.05 M
3.2 and 3.1 too low to make a difference.
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So totals:
Python 2.x: 10.5 M
Python 3.x: 1.8 M
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Python 2.x is waaaaay ahead over 3.x