toma7

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1. 1.▲
   by toma7 12y ago

   I see what you mean now on old is gold and yes I agree. Corporations love old proven tech for all the obvious reasons. Not officially deprecated but that's just semantics. The underlying point is that the Python leaders are trying to t
2. 2.▲
   by toma7 12y ago

   It is tremendously detrimental when a deprecated technology has all the inertia, because it is a dead end thanks to the Python bosses refusing to move it forward. Every new package for 2.7 (and no this is not old gold - this is a brand ne
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   by toma7 12y ago

   Let's assume a modestly sized Python program uses 8 libraries or so. Assuming 80% of libraries are ported, that means 20% aren't. The likelihood of at least one of your 8 libraries not being ported is 1 - (0.8)^8 = 83%. In other
4. 4.▲
   by toma7 12y ago

   The OP did not say it would "kill" Python, just that it would cripple it. Personally with bloomberg bringing out a Python2.7 financial module first, no 3.x support, the entire financial world is now also poised to stay on 2.7. T