That's not Python's fault; compile your own copy of Python 2.x and you'll get a 'python' binary, not a 'python2' binary. The distributions figured out the problem between python 1 and python 2 and started doing that themselves.

Its frequently done by distros but not done officially by Python .. that's my point. With an interpreter being more like an operating system of its own, it would be nice if you could properly specify the version to run in your application header.

I told my GM dealer the first thing I'd be doing with my car was disconnecting the OnStar antenna physically. He understood completely.

An awful lot of us started learning Python with things like customerdata[n:12] (where n is the result of a search) to grab some data. Now with Unicode set by default, that string could be 12, 24, even 48 bytes long and needs more parsing to be done. Like I said, its a good change, but it breaks things by default.

The requirement to use parentheses and the change in string handling (while both wonderful) cause major parsing differences between python2 and python3.

Surely someone must have written a "python2to3" conversion tool by now :)

Dial-up.

I really wish for this reason Python had gone with a versioned binary name.

Using #!/usr/bin/python2 -ttu in a script makes me feel safe that it won't crash on someone.

Really? Because AVG has Linux support as well, and there's ClamAV as well obviously.

Apple sold 9 million iPhones in a weekend. That's hardly a rounding error; its an order of magnitude but seriously, it means consoles are a major device to this day. Also, since consoles are primarily for gaming and smart phones are not, this shows a willingness to spend real money on gaming specifically whereas a mobile user who picks up a few free games and spends $5 a year on random others is barely worth mentioning in comparison.

Every time I get excited about a really nice game on my tablet or phone, I start wishing it was on a bigger screen with a real controller instead.
There are very few exceptions.
Sure, that doesn't eliminate something like an Android-powered set-top device but the games aren't usually made to work well in that configuration.

Nobody? Like the two million people who bought either a PS4 or XBone on day one?

You know using E-mail *is* Internet traffic, so its redundant right? I was just being funny with that point (I most certainly do send E-mail while on the phone though).

And we also have a huge rise in depression and mental instability in general. Those would be called spiritual malaise to someone of his era.

Your statement contained no logic itself; only suppositions.

Despite your comment intending to be funny, I frequently use the Internet and generate E-mail while talking on the phone ...