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by nicpottier
5302 days ago
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I'm actually pretty new to Python, using it daily for the past few years, but I do have to say I have a real uneasy feeling about Py3. Adoption seems very slow from the various libraries, and without those people just won't move over. And if that's the case, then the language will stagnate, along with the myriad of great libraries that make it so excellent. Python 2.x suits me just fine right now, it is a pragmatic language that lets me get things done quickly and predictably. But I would be lying if I didn't admit to gazing over Ruby's way now and then and thinking that the grass sure looks green over there. |
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It started slow like we expected, but I think it's acceleration lately has outpaced what a lot of people thought would happen. The number of Python 3 packages on PyPI is steadily rising [0], the number of Python 3 installers downloaded from python.org is rising with each version [1], and the number of projects announcing Python 3 support in places like reddit.com/r/Python is rising every day.
[0] http://dev.pocoo.org/~gbrandl/py3
[1] http://i.imgur.com/SLFDL.png - monthly download numbers for Windows installers for all downloaded versions over the last year (it's a rough draft, I just threw the download numbers in Excel quickly one day).