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i am
not refusing to upgrade to python 3. all code i use for myself is targeted to python 3. code for public distribution is target to
both python 2
and python 3 (targeted to which the recipient has).
Tradition is peer pressure from dead people
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I guess I was lucky, when I first looked into Python, it was right at the cusp of 3.0 so that was my first official install. Since I was just learning, it didn't matter about 3rd party mods since I didn't have any 'legacy' code to worry about.
If it ain't broke, I just haven't gotten to it yet.
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(May-11-2017, 10:12 PM)Larz60+ Wrote: Remember the C to C++ resistance.
In the end it turned out that C was best for certain things, like embedded code, or drivers
and C++ for others
The difference with the python 2, python 3 resistance is that I think in the end the clear winner
will be Python 3 (unless you're the author of a certain book).
C -> C++ is not the same as Py2 -> Py3. I got up to speed on py2 but switched to py3 as soon as i finally understood the string vs. bytes issue enough to use it. but i stayed with C and never went to C++ for anything. to me, C -> C++ is like Py -> Perl.
Tradition is peer pressure from dead people
What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. Two languages? Bilingual. One language? American.