On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:33:50 +0100, Staszek wrote: > Hi > > What's the problem with Python 3.x?
Nothing. > It was first released in 2008, That was only five years ago. I know that to young kids today who change their iPhone every six months, five years sounds like a lot, but in the world of mature software, five years is a blink of the eye. People still use Fortran code that is 30 years old. I know of at least one person supporting a Python 1.5 system, which is about 15 years old. RedHat is still providing commercial support for Python 2.3, and their Python 2.7 commercial support won't end until 2023 or 2024. > but web hosting companies still seem to offer Python 2.x rather. > > For example, Google App Engine only offers Python 2.7. > > What's wrong?... Hosting companies are conservative. Just look at how many still offer old versions of PHP. These guys offer PHP 5.2 to 5.5: http://www.a2hosting.com/php-hosting WordPress will run on PHP 4.1! So it is no surprise that Python hosting companies still mostly provide 2.7. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list