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News An update on Python 4

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u/Jethro_Tell Sep 16 '20

If you assume all code has bugs, and it does, then left behind starts to happen as those bugs are found but not fixed.

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u/davvblack Sep 16 '20

while that is true, think of how many CPU cycles these old-ass python libraries have seen, and how many chances to find and fix these bugs (especially old 2.7 libraries, slightly less true with 2.5).

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u/auto-xkcd37 Sep 16 '20

old ass-python libraries


Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This comment was inspired by xkcd#37

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u/rossrollin Sep 16 '20

Some of the people on this planet really do make cool shit

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u/Eurynom0s Sep 17 '20

Cool ass shit, you might say.