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		Python 3.9 removes backwards compatibility layers for Python 2.7 (python.org)
		20 points by tosh on Sept 23, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

seperman on Sept 26, 2020 [–]

It seems things are coming back full circle. From what I remember, Guido wanted Python 3 to be a whole new spec and not be backward compatible with Py2. Then they kept adding features to make it backward compatible.

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