[Python-Dev] The end of 2.7

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Sun Apr 7 19:16:54 CEST 2013


Christian Tismer, 07.04.2013 15:53:
> But I think every employee (including you) can quite easily put some pressure
> on his company by claiming that Python 2.x is a dead end, and everybody is
> about to move on to 3.x.
> This does not have to be true, I just recognize that by claiming it and 
> doing it with your projects, the movement becomes a reality. Just say
> that we all need to move on and cannot care about companies that ignore
> this necessity.
> 
> I agree it is hard to push things forward, when certain tools are just 
> supporting 2.x. My way to get over this is ranting, and porting some
> things, and claiming it was a cake walk. A lie, but it helped.

+1, although I'd rather call it a self-fulfilling prophecy than a lie.

Stefan




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