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/indistinctdialogue 4d ago

I spearheaded converting a 5M LoC code base from Python 2 to 3 back in 2022. That was after YEARS of trying to convince the business to do this and constantly being deprioritized. So yeah I can see how these still exist.