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Nov 2, 2019 at 23:23
Python has always been a batteries included language, but some modules support obsolete 80s tech! There's now serious discussion of removing them:
PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library | peps.python.org
PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from the standard library | peps.python.org
This PEP proposed a list of standard library modules to be removed from the standard library. The modules are mostly historic data formats (e.g. Commodore and SUN file formats), APIs and operating systems that have been superseded a long time ago (e.g. ...

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