[deanishe]

> I don't think the amount of breakage per se was the problem with Python 3.

The lack of u"" is just another manifestation of the complete breakage they wrought upon Python's string handling, isn't it?

It was closer to a decade (3.7) till they'd put enough of the bits they'd ripped out back in for Py3 to be suitable for the things I used Py2 for.