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Python 3’s Marketing Problem (teddziuba.com)
2 points by niyazpk on Sept 1, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The article misses a key point: people aren't going to migrate to Python 3 unless and until the most common libraries have been ported over.

About a year ago I tried to mass-upgrade my many Python apps to 3, only to discover that about half of them required one or another library that was unavailable in 3 (and remain unavailable).

To me, the syntax and other changes are a small issue compared to the fact that many of my apps would simply stop working, and with no recourse.




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