Though Python 3 was released in 2008, many projects are still stuck on Python 2. It’s understandable that porting large existing codebases to a new version is a prospect which sends a shiver down many ...

Python 2.2 made its debut at the end of 2001, and its first bug-fix version 2.2.1 was recently released from the core developers at PythonLabs. The 2.2.x family is full of new features and ...

But Python 2.7 hasn't quite reached end of life just yet. Despite the apparently firm January 1, 2020 cut-off for Python 2, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) recently announced "Python 2 series to ...

Moving from Python 2 to 3? Here's what you need to know about strings and their role in in your upgrade. An old joke asks "What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. Two ...

In a Q&A, Python programming language creator Guido van Rossum said it was “almost taboo to talk about a Python 4 in a serious sense” following the troubled migration from Python 2.0 to Python 3.0.

As Python’s popularity rises, its limitations are becoming more clear. For one thing, it can be very hard to write a Python application and distribute it to people who don’t have Python installed. The ...