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Python 3 or 2.7 or both #1

Closed CompHydro closed 9 years ago

CompHydro commented 9 years ago

I never use 3 but should we accommodate it?

jtvcarter commented 9 years ago

I don't see why we would support 3 if there's no demand. Do you foresee that happening?

aleaf commented 9 years ago

Mike and I don't use 3 either, but it does seem like the future of python (if python is to have a future). We recently went to a MeetUp on the topic (insert nerd jokes here), and it seems like it is being adopted by hard-core python users (people using python to build real programs), but broad adoption has been slow because of some of the backwards incompatibilities.

I could see us switching at some point, but hard to say when that will be. Most of the packages we use (pandas, etc.) are compatible with, and may even work better in 3. Either way, my impression from the meeting was that porting to 3 probably won't be too difficult for what we are doing, and may get easier with upcoming releases. So I would vote for not worrying about it at the moment in the interest of getting the project off the ground.