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by iconjack 3676 days ago
Well I'm sure this is a naive point of view, but I'm going to put it out there anyway. It seems there are many Python devotees out there who are lukewarm about Python 3, and quite a few who really don't like it at all, hence a slow adoption rate. Right now it seems like the community is fractured along that fault line.

Is it too late? Can we back out of the current incarnation of Python 3 and go down another path instead? In other words, turn the slow adoption rate into a plus, call a do-over and mold the new Python into something more people are happy with.
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nerdponx 3676 days ago
As someone who learn Python 3 first, I'm amazed that people really think Python 2 is better.

After so many years, why the resistance?

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iconjack 3676 days ago
I hope you didn't read my comment as saying Python 2 is better. Personally I don't have an opinion on that. But as you can see from this thread and many, many others, a lot of people are disappointed with Python 3's choices. You're right, it's been a lot of years, but if adoption has been as slow as some are suggesting, maybe we could cut our losses and put our beloved Python on a different path, as a community.
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nerdponx 3676 days ago
Maybe, but at the same time I haven't yet seen a criticism of py3 that wasn't just a litany of complaints about backward compatibility. Even in this thread, I don't see a whole lot of substance behind the discontent.
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