The next 20 years of Python [LWN.net]

The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 11, 2013 14:52 UTC (Thu) by Wummel (guest, #7591)
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The biggest challenge in the next years is the adoption of Python 3 without loosing too much momentum or users.

There has been a lot of work to simplify the transition since Python 3.0 came out in December 2008 (eg. allowing unicode literals in Python 3.3). If this trend continues (making the transition easier), things should be ok in 5-10 years. If not, I predict we will see another IPv6-like transition (over 10 years and counting...).

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The next 20 years of Python

Posted Jul 13, 2013 0:48 UTC (Sat) by garrison (subscriber, #39220) [Link]

In the past year, the porting of major libraries to Python3 has really picked up steam. As a matter of fact, as of a few weeks ago every package I develop against (including various Django and scientific computing libraries) now supports Python3. I've been using Python3 exclusively for a month now without looking back. It's true that I still make sure any libraries I write work on Python2 as well, but Python3 is here and ready, and over the next year more and more people are going to realize it's possible to use it exclusively.