Re:The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?
by sergeykish on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:15AM
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Python 3 is only unusual in its failure. Perl6 Apocalypses [1] is wonderful. Python 3000 is pointless [2].
I've been Python developer at that time, the writing was on the wall. They have not provided migration path. PEP 414 "Complaint: This PEP may harm adoption of Python 3.2" [3], this is insane. Community voted with feet — they've stayed with Python 2 until clean migration path arrived. I've switched to Ruby and been happy since.
Ruby 1.8.7 was supported for five years.
You had to write Python 2 code and run 2to3, you had to live in the past or abandon it.
I've been Python developer at that time, the writing was on the wall. They have not provided migration path. PEP 414 "Complaint: This PEP may harm adoption of Python 3.2" [3], this is insane. Community voted with feet — they've stayed with Python 2 until clean migration path arrived. I've switched to Ruby and been happy since.
Ruby 1.8.7 was supported for five years.
You had to write Python 2 code and run 2to3, you had to live in the past or abandon it.
[1] https://raku.org/archive/doc/apocalypse.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Python#Features
[3] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0414/