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by simion314 1579 days ago
And there are answers that are still correct after many years, if Python2 to Python3 transition is an issue then make sure to google "python3" or something.

IMO a professional developer should be at least competent enough to detect if an answer is for an outdated version of the language, library or framework, we should not delete or hide old answers just because n% of developers jumped to latest version yesterday or implement some policy that works for XLang globally so XLang users don't copy paste like ... invalid code that won't compile without a minor change.

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>IMO a professional developer should be at least competent enough to detect if an answer is for an outdated version of the language, library or framework

That's mighty tolerant of you: because there can't possibly be a "professional developer" who doesn't realize something's not being done the correct way, right?

Couldn't possibly be the case a Go dev has to do something in Python, and doesn't know they should use the Python 3 method instead of the 2 or 1, right?

Those people just don't exist...right?

So what is your point? We need to optimize Python answers for the super rare professional Go developer that was assigned to edit some python but he clueless so he must find the correct answer that just works with a copy paste? I would optimize for the larger number of people that still have to use Python2 projects using python2 libraries.

Btw the Go dev since is a Pro should already know to not copy paste the first answer and look at the comments , dates and the other answers