r/Python • u/SheriffRoscoe Pythonista • 6d ago

News The Move to Python 3 Begins!

As someone who spent decades in the mainframe community, I find it ... humorous ... that there are legacy Python2 code bases that are only just (or have yet to consider!) moving to Python3.

https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-begins

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u/diegoasecas 6d ago

idgi if you spent decades working on mainframes you'd know how hard is to migrate legacy working code

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u/SheriffRoscoe Pythonista 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oh, yeah, I get it. I just giggle every time I see a "modern" language or platform go through this. Meanwhile, z/OS and z/VM are still happily humming along, almost old enough to apply for Medicare, and stuff I learned in the 1970s is still relevant.

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u/diegoasecas 6d ago edited 6d ago

yeah because we'd have the modern web if everything ran on proprietary mainframes

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