[Python-ideas] Python 3000 TIOBE -3%

[Matt Joiner]

> Isn't that more accurate for framework writers, rather than for
> "average" users?  How often do average users have to address
> encoding/decoding in Python 3?

Constantly. As a Python noob I tried Python 3 it was the first wall I
encountered. I had to learn Unicode right then and there. Fortunately,
the Python docs HOWTO on Unicode is excellent.