[lug] Running a mixed Python environment

[Rob Nagler]

You might want to look into pyenv <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv>.

Orion writes:
> Python2 is dead. Time to pull off the band-aid and switch.

We just did it, but it can be challenging in a complex environment,
especially where you don't control all the code.

Guido retired <https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you--guido> last
year before he finished converting Dropbox's code base:

He has already put into motion the conversion of the Dropbox server code
from Python 2 to Python 3.

Funny Aside: Steve Yegge invented the phrase pull a Guido
<https://medium.com/@steve.yegge/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc>
with
regards to backwards compatibility.

Rob
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