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Re:Python in the Windows 10 May update by larkost on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:57AM (#20125868)
This statement is misleading. Apple kept up with the 2.x versions, the same as almost every linux distro. Only recently have the linux distros started to move on to Python 3.x. And most of them still include Python 2.x (specifically 2.7) as the default `python`, and have added Python 3.x as `python3`.

It is not correct to say that Apple did not maintain support for it.

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Re:Python in the Windows 10 May update by em500 on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:14PM (#20126076)
Current macOS system Python is 2.7.10 (Mojave 10.14.5).

Upstream Python is 2.7.15.

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Re:Python in the Windows 10 May update by ploxiln on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:39PM (#20127878)
... and 2.7.10 is from May 2015 - 4 years ago
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Re:Python in the Windows 10 May update by shawnz on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:23PM (#20126199)
Similarly I think it's misleading to imply Apple ever really encouraged the use of Python given they never shipped with 3. Those minor version upgrades are the bare minimum requirement to produce a stable product.

And I'm not saying those Linux distros are any better, although at least they typically have officially supported Python 3 packages, even if they are not installed in a stock installation.

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