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brianwawok•about 4 hours ago

Shocking to me they are still on Python. Over like moving the high CPU parts over to rust or something.

dcrazy•23 minutes ago

> Every character, every skill point, every asset in every hangar, every ISK in every wallet was written in Python 2 code, and all of it must read back under Python 3 exactly as it was.

This task would be even more challenging under such a dramatic rewrite.

chews•about 2 hours ago

It really speaks to how great the technical team can be. As crazy as it sounds Goldman Sacks and JP Morgan both maintained 2.7 Python as a core language until just a few years ago (yes, it's still used in production).

jamesnorden•about 4 hours ago

Had to check the date.

EVE Online moves to Python 3

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