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Re:Guido van Rossum: Python 2 end-of-life will be on January... by jononor on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:41PM (#16589000)
The HTTP, TCP and SSL handling is all done by Python in a typical app. Ie on Windows the OpenSSL library comes bundled. There will probably be another vulnerability like Heartbled, and when that happens with Python 2 post 2020 you cannot expect a fix from Python devs. If you don't fix in a different way, you app will stay vulnerable.
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Re:Guido van Rossum: Python 2 end-of-life will be on January... by Silhouette on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @08:00PM (#16589456)
If you're using Python as the back end of a web server. There are many other reasons.
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