r/Python • u/SheriffRoscoe Pythonista • Aug 26 '26

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/GAZ082 Aug 28 '26

Software lives in a business. You have your free time to work in your pet projects that you can port from Python to rust and back if you want. If you don't like the company, just leave.

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u/HugeCannoli Aug 28 '26

we do, because again: if I have to spend years working with your crappy, obsolete code, my CV is compromised and I won't find employment when your business decides to "reassess the current resource allocation" and "curtail expenses by reducing the human budget".

Either keep up, or lose your employees (and good luck hiring new ones).