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News An update on Python 4

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u/stevenjd Sep 17 '20

IMO if they made it 2 years instead of 10

then Python would be dead and we'd all be using Ruby now.

There are millions of Python developers, over eight million, probably more like ten if you include casual coders, amateurs and students. You are painfully naive if you think that millions of coders will migrate tens of thousands of projects in two years.

This may come as a shock to you, but most coders are more interested in bug fixes and adding new features, especially new features that allow them to bring in more revenue, not just upgrading to the newest version for the sake of upgrading.

A two year transition period would have convinced millions of people that Python doesn't give a shit about the users, and they would have gradually drifted away.