I think the lesson is that if you're going to break backwards compatibility, you...

dagw on May 26, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python 3 is killing Python

I think the lesson is that if you're going to break backwards compatibility, you better offer something really enticing in exchange. Python 2 wasn't so broken that people where clamoring to get off it, and Python 3 wasn't so much of an improvement that people are clamoring to hop on it.