On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 04:05 am, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> Why in the year 2016 are people still giving links to the Luddite Python >> 2 docs? > > Because Python 2.7 is still supported, and will be officially supported > until 2020, after which it will still have third-party support from > companies like Red Hat until at least 2023. > > And I take exception to your use of the word "Luddite" to describe Python 2. > Python 2 is a perfectly fine programming language, and it will continue to > be used by some well past 2020. There's no need to bully people into > upgrading to Python 3, or insult those using Python 2. Python 2 is here for > the long haul.
I am an independent contractor and I have worked for 7 companies in the last 10 years. A total of 1 of those 7 are using python 3. All the others are using 2. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list