[falcor84]

On a tangent, the somewhat related issue of Python 3 not being able to import Python 2 packages famously led Zed Shaw of "Learn Python the Hard Way" to write a rant about how Python is not Turing Complete. I checked again and apparently he removed that rant and only has a disclaimer in its place mentioning that he was obviously being hyperbolic [0].

[0] https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html#the-py...

[testdelacc1]

I don’t think anyone takes Zed Shaw seriously.

He’s like that uncle you see at family gatherings whom you nod along politely to.

[zahlman]

Zed Shaw seems to have some very interesting beliefs about the 2->3 migration in general. I think it's fair to call some of it conspiratorial.

[falcor84]

Indeed that was a weird time, but he did eventually relent and release a version for Python 3 - https://learncodethehardway.com/client/#/product/learn-pytho...