Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:08:03 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> I agree it was a grave mistake. > > On what basis do you believe it was a mistake? The supposed flaws in Python 2 weren't a good enough reason to break backward-compatibility. Marko