Re: Couldn't install numpy on Python 2.7

On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 07:36, <avi.e.gross@gmail.com> wrote:

But if the goal was to deprecate python 2 and in some sense phase it out, it
is perhaps not working well for some. Frankly, issuing so many updates like
2.7 and including backporting of new features has helped make it possible to
delay any upgrade.

The goal was to improve Python. I don't think anyone's ever tried to
"kill off" Python 2 - not in the sense of stopping people from using
it - but there haven't been any changes, not even security fixes, in
over four years.

And, yes, I was KIDDING about python 4. I am simply suggesting that there
may well be a time that another shift happens that may require another
effort to get people on board a new and perhaps incompatible setup.

Kidding, eh? It sure sounded like you were trying to imply that there
would inevitably be another major breaking change. It definitely
smelled like FUD.

Maybe your jokes just aren't funny.

ChrisA