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October 1, 2025

Winning a bet about “six”, the Python 2 compatibility shim

Most downloaded dependents of “six”

Exactly five years ago today Andrey Petrov and I made a bet about whether “six”, the compatibility shim for Python 2 and 3 APIs, would still be in the top 20 daily downloads on PyPI. I said it would, Andrey took the side against.

Well, today I can say that I've won the bet. When the bet was placed, six was #2 in terms of daily downloads and today six is #14.

Read more: https://sethmlarson.dev/winning-a-bet-about-six-the-python-2-compatibility-shim

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