The article is not dismissing Python 3 in any way, the full quote:

> Ignoring Python 3 it has not really evolved since its inception other than gaining basic unicode support at one point.

It's actually praising that the 're' module only needed basic unicode support and not an API revamp to get into Python 3.

The third-party 'regex' library is aiming to finish off what needed to happen there. It's a drop-in replacement for 're', and adds some important things like implementing the Unicode grapheme-matching rules.

I'm rather the opposite: I ignore anything ignoring Python 3. That's the only version of Python I can bother touching these days.

Ah for context, the article only means the the regex module had limited updates until Python 3. Which is to say that it is presumably much better in Python 3.

The article seems to be saying that it didn't need to change much at all to be Py3 ready.

It is official; Netcraft confirms: Python 2.7 is officially dead.

One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Python 2.7 community when josteink confirmed that he would not be bothering to touch anything older than Python 3 code.

All major surveys show that Python 2.7 has steadily declined in market share. 2.7 packages are very sick and their long term survival prospects are very dim. If legacy Python is to survive at all it will be among trolling dilettante dabblers. 2.7 continue to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Python 2.7 is dead.

FACT: Python 2.7 is dying.

Yes, ha, I was just taking the piss. It's an old Slashdot trope to declare things dead by Netcraft survey.

Talk about a dishonest misquote!

What do you mean?

Really?

Yeah I'm not sure what you are reading into my comment.