
Although it was a revolutionary language, this version required significant changes, improvements, and bug fixes. The Python Software Foundation (the community that develops and maintains the Python codebase) originally released Python 2 way back in 2000. If Python 2.7 is still so popular among the community, then why is Apple adamant about deprecating this version? Well, that’s where the story gets interesting.

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Why doesn’t Apple want their clients to use Python 2.7?Īt first glance, this move may come off as quite unreasonable, as 53% of respondents from a survey say that their companies have no end-of-life (EOL) plan at all for shifting from Python 2.7.

