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The actual usage of Python versions May 2023 by Mr. Bard

Nezir Zahirovic on May 14, 2023

The Google Bard says that the actual usage of Python versions today is as follows: Python 3: 80.3% Python 2: 15.3% Other versions: 4.4% As you...
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cloutierjo

I guess real time stopped in 2019 since

We have decided that January 1, 2020, was the day that we sunset Python 2. That means that we will not improve it anymore after that day, even if someone finds a security problem in it.

Ok the other side i can't find a credible source for python 2 usage, but i feel 15% seems to be a lot since their is no Linux distributable any more so no server software that can depend on it without "manually" installing it and knowing their is probably security issue. The only market share remaining are local script never updated and forgotten in some repositories.

Although I'm sure there is a few exception like this laptop on the 7 floor that shall not be closed

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Nezir Zahirovic

I agree. I was also surprised. But it looks that Bard finds this data pretty easy. In my previous post about usage of ruby in websites and statistics from buildwith site was pulled by Bard on my question about. So, this response probably is taken somewhere and probably its one of the most relevant in terms of Bard AI making decisions.

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Or it's a proof that we should use those information with even more care than Wikipedia since it's not even sourced. I'm not saying it's not useful, just that it's the same worth as taking with a stranger in a park

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Nezir Zahirovic

You have a point🤔

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Nezir Zahirovic

Again playing with bard and his realtime internet collecting data.