Tidying up Python

[Bjarne D Mathiesen]

Den 13.07.2025 kl. 17.12 skrev Bill Cole:
> On 2025-07-11 at 20:14:29 UTC-0400 (Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:14:29 +1000)
> raf via macports-users <macports at raf.org>
> is rumored to have said:
> 
> [...]
>>
>> It might be officially dead, but it's unofficially undead.
>> I know of a python2/wxPython program that still can't easily
>> be ported to python3
> 
> One of the most prominent examples of this is the GNU Mailman v2 mailing
> list manager. It has been "undead" for many years despite Mailman v3
> existing and running on Python 3.
> 
> Porting to Python3 from Python2 is a non-trivial task, particularly if a
> program needs to handle text in multiple encodings. Many programs never
> made the change, despite having a long time to do so.
> 

The primary problem is UTF-8, which in Python2 is an afterthought; but
is fully integrated in Python3. How one defines a string has been
fundamentally changed between Python2 & Python3.

Having old, but working, legacy stuff around is a ⏳&💸 problem. Just see
the situation w/ 🏦 and all their ‼️still existing‼️ COBOL & APL
infrastructure 😱🤓. I've been to recent job conventions, where they
were looking for 🤓 willing to cross over to these ...

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