oh dear, python3 is looking less appealing, not because it makes things worse, it is just that you will still have to know the python2 gotchas so there is double the quirks.
http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python_concepts/import_traps.html
2016-11-25
wow, this is interesting, an opinion from the learnpythonthehardway guy
The Case Against Python 3
THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT PYTHON 3 IS SUCH A FAILURE IT WILL KILL PYTHON.
I have to admit, working on unicode last week in 2.7 kinda sucked!