<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 27, 2017 4:51 PM, "Random832" <<a href="mailto:random832@fastmail.com">random832@fastmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="quoted-text">On Fri, Jan 27, 2017, at 12:54, C Anthony Risinger wrote:<br>
> I know the scientific community is a big and important part of the<br>
> Python ecosystem, but I honestly believe other parts of Python are<br>
> suffering from any dragging of feet at this point. Python 3 has been<br>
> out nearly a decade, and I think it would be super for the community<br>
> to take a bold stance (is it still bold 9 years later?) and really<br>
> stand behind Python 3, prominently, almost actively working to<br>
> diminish Python 2.<br>
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</div>This particular subthread is regarding whether to make a 64-bit version<br>
of python 2 and/or 3 (whatever is done regarding the other question) the<br>
default download button for users coming from Win64 browsers. At least,<br>
the bits you're responding to are talking about 32-bit libraries rather<br>
than Python 2.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Yeah, I guess I was trying to push against any further stagnation, of any kind, on forward-facing questions like 32/64 bit and 2/3 version. I hesitated to say anything because I don't feel I'm adding much concrete or even useful information to the conversation, but it's something that's been building internally for a long time while observing the overarching tone and outcomes of Python threads.</span><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">I can't articulate it we'll, or even fully isolate the reasons for it. All I really know is how I feel when peers ask me about Python or the reading I get when others speak about their experience using it. Python is absolutely one of my favorite languages to write, yet I find myself recommending against it, and watching others do the same. Python comes with caveats and detailed explanations out the gate and people simply perceive higher barriers and more chores.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">I don't have any truly constructive input so I'll stop here; I only wanted to voice that in my tiny tiny bubble, I'm watching market share diminish, it's unfortunate, and I'm not sure what to do about it.</div></div></div>