[roenxi]

That is somewhere in the logical region of saying 'Stephen Hawking was really smart, maybe amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a good thing'. The transition to Python 3 was not pretty. Still isn't; Python 2 documentation features prominently when I'm trying to look up information.

The to abandon backwards compatibility in C++ is to make a mockery even of the name of the language (see the "C" in there). If they want to create a new language they should call it something different. Willfully abandoning backwards compatibility and keeping the name is an abuse of one of the great brands in software.

[santamarias]

I was just trying to get a response to how the Python transition mentioned was so (edit:) "catastrophic". I don't understand the need to bring fiction writers, fatal diseases or laden words like "mockery" or "abuse" to the debate.

[ComputerGuru]

Stephen Hawking was not a fiction writer. Stephen King does not have a horrible disease.

[santamarias]

sorry, my bad

[bsder]

> Python 2 documentation features prominently when I'm trying to look up information.

I consider this more a case of the ossification of search.

Neither search engines nor specific sites like Stack Overflow deal with the fact that information can switch from right to wrong with age.