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> Let's hope python can be saved.

Can you explain why Python would need to be saved? I mean every week on r/MachineLearning there is at least one new Python deep learning framework being launched[1], I wonder if you can mention any other language which is that healthy.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/search?sort=new&res...

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All stable versions of the big ML frameworks are still 2.7.

Even if your statement was true (it's not)[1][2][3][4], how would that be a sign that Python is dying?

[1] http://www.deeplearning.net/software/theano/install.html

[2] https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r0.11/get_started/os_set...

[3] https://keras.io/#you-have-just-found-keras

[4] https://lasagne.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/installation.h...

I think the author's point was not that python3 is dying. His point was that it deserved death, that 2.7 is flourishing, while 3 is failing to thrive, and reasons for this were postulated.

Are there many ML frameworks that only work in 2.7? Scipy and numpy work in both 2.7 and 3.x, so I'd imagine (without being heavy in the field) that any new development using these scientific computing packages could be Python version agnostic as well. Is this generally not the case?

Not true. Please specify which ML library authors are obtuse.

About the only thing that is dead like that seems to be Enthought project for drawing and creating UI for graphs.

Sorry, should have said run better. There is support for latest 3.x branch, but everyone uses 2.7 as it's less bugguy.

Every week on HN a new JS framework is launched. I'd say it's pretty healthy.

Too bad JS lacks a standard library.

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