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Re:Learn Python 3 the Hard Way by hobofan on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:20PM (#14722649)
"Saying that Python 3 sucks" is putting it a bit lightly. He openly advocates against using Python 3 [0](related article [1]), which is obviously something the PSF doesn't like to see.

To be honest, I am a bit surprised that he adapted the book to Python 3 if he is so strongly against it.

[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20161123042252/https://learnpyth...

[1]: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/11/23/a-rebuttal-for-python-3/

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Re:Learn Python 3 the Hard Way by thehardsphere on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:43PM (#14722799)
Well, first he said he wasn't going to, then he got flamed by basically everyone on the Internet over it, then after that publicity died down he changed his mind and revised it.

A cynic would think that his criticism was an elaborate marketing ploy to drive up sales of the eventual Python 3 edition of the book which he had planned all along...

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