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Re:Sunsetting Python 2 by mypalmike on Monday September 09, 2019 @07:27PM (#20923633)
I like Python. But it loses in the upgrade comparison to Java. Existing Java code almost always just keeps working with new compilers and JVMs. And new JVMs tend to increase performance of your code for relatively little upgrade effort.
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Re:Sunsetting Python 2 by afiori on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:54AM (#20925988)
In my uninformed opinion not including a python 2 interpreter in python 3 was the first mistake
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