Not supporting Python 2.7 would be shutting off the paltry ~95% of the community that's still using 2.7.https://twitter.com/randal_olson/status/740609031920836609 …
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Swear I've seen more recent surveys showing even more adoption of Python 3. IIRC majority of users have made the switch now.
in early 2016, all versions of py3 combined had about as many users as py2.6. https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/45sm94/what_are_the_most_recent_python_3_vs_python_2/czzy5wa …
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and my anecdotal experience is that no one I know in the ML/DS community has "made the switch".
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Pretty much everyone in our ML research lab has made the switch.
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"2.6 6.66%" Python 2 = Devil confirmed
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But really, is PyPi a representative sample of Python users? What about people who install Python via e.g. Anaconda?
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