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by 0cf8612b2e1e 624 days ago
I could believe there are legacy installations happily humming away on Python 2.7 without issue.
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remlov 624 days ago
Several years ago I briefly worked at a major telecommunications provider with services across the southern United States that ran Python 2.4 on their production provisioning servers. Worked just fine.
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gavindean90 623 days ago
The difference being that the COBOL is still supported after a decade.
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int_19h 623 days ago
ActiveState still offers a supported Python 2.7 version across all major platforms for those who need it (https://www.activestate.com/products/python/python-2-7/), so that's 14 years and counting.

If enough stuff needs it, people will keep it running. Java 8 will probably be in the same boat eventually if/when Oracle finally drops support.

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0cf8612b2e1e 623 days ago
I am not even sure what support is needed at this point. The interpreter is what it is. You know there are no new libraries to integrate.

I guess deploying it on a newer OS which might make it challenging to install unless it is a freshly compiled build?

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int_19h 623 days ago
Patches for security issues, most notably.
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