On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 12:54:41 PM UTC-8, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:02:35 AM UTC-6, John Ladasky wrote: > > > Rick, you don't like Python? > > If i didn't like Python, then i would happily let it self- > destruct, yes? The problem is, i *DO* like Python. Python2 > was a great language, but python3 has been a disaster. Heck, > even the BDFL has warned that Python4 cannot introduce as > many backwards incompatible changes as python3. So obviously, > he is admitting that Python3 was a disaster.
I had to wait until my favorite packages were ported (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, pandas). But once that happened, I moved from Py2 to Py3 years ago with scarcely a bump, bruise, or scratch. I like lazy evaluation. I think that Unicode handling is vastly improved (and yes, I'm fully aware that exactly two people in this newsgroup don't agree, they make sure we all know). I have encountered few surprises, and nothing that makes my job harder. To be sure, people who are entrenched in the Py2 way of doing things, with a lot of legacy code, have some work to do -- on their code, and possibly on their brains. Keep Py2 if you want it, then. You still have a few more years before the PSF stops maintaining it. If you really like it that much, why not maintain it yourself? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
