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by creshal 3919 days ago
It's mostly a solved problem nowadays – Pillow exists as much better and Python3-compatible PIL fork.
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madsravn 3919 days ago
I wans't talking about just PIL - I was talking about Python 2 vs Python 3 in general.

EDIT: And I'm not talking about development only. I'm talking about download small scripts and being able to run them seamlessly as well.

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JupiterMoon 3919 days ago
Just pick one and use it. If it is a long project pick python 3. If you actually use python you'll barely notice the difference.

EDIT If the script uses a well formed #! this isn't too much of a problem either.

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creshal 3919 days ago
> EDIT If the script uses a well formed #! this isn't too much of a problem either.

He does have a point, though: Dependency management in Python is a pain in the ass. Virtualenvs aren't really a solution, distribution packages are usually horribly outdated, …

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