On Tue, 13 May 2025, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
Python 3 is still, after all these years, a severe regression in performance and API stability over Python 2, and I think it is a mistake to have gone so far in dropping Python 2 support -- it has rendered Python a much less useful platform for everyone.
Yes, Python 3 has some issues. But IMHO, what has really been hurting the Python platform (other than the mess around packaging, to some extent) is the split between things still on Python 2 and things using Python 3. It has fractured the community and the base of useful Python packages and extensions.
-- Benny