On 2014-01-15 02:55, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:33:50 +0100, Staszek wrote:
Hi
What's the problem with Python 3.x?
Nothing.
It was first released in 2008,
That was only five years ago.
I know that to young kids today who change their iPhone every six months,
five years sounds like a lot, but in the world of mature software, five
years is a blink of the eye. People still use Fortran code that is 30
years old. I know of at least one person supporting a Python 1.5 system,
which is about 15 years old. RedHat is still providing commercial support
for Python 2.3, and their Python 2.7 commercial support won't end until
2023 or 2024.
but web hosting companies still seem to offer Python 2.x rather.
For example, Google App Engine only offers Python 2.7.
What's wrong?...
Hosting companies are conservative. Just look at how many still offer old
versions of PHP. These guys offer PHP 5.2 to 5.5:
http://www.a2hosting.com/php-hosting
WordPress will run on PHP 4.1!
So it is no surprise that Python hosting companies still mostly provide
2.7.
Not to mention Windows XP, which is only now being dropped by Microsoft.
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