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gjvc | karma 13019 | avg karma 3.95 · 2020-04-20 21:53:23

It is possible that the transition from Python 2 to Python 3 is the worst-handled of its kind in the history of open-source so far. Is it any wonder, then, that things like this spring up in their wake?

cesarb | karma 14181 | avg karma 3.67 · 2020-04-20 22:03:01+00:00

I believe the transition from Perl 5 to Perl 6 was worse. (A good overview of it: http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2019/08/is-perl-6-being-ren...)

paganel | karma 14358 | avg karma 2.65 · 2020-04-20 22:18:03+00:00

Not as well-known but still in Python land, I'd also nominate the Zope2 to Zope3 [1] as another such failed transition.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zope#BlueBream

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