# Julia version change \[how much change , programmer should fear\]

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**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-version-change-how-much-change-programmer-should-fear/51775 "2020-12-13T20:54:27Z")\
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> [@oxinabox](#):
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> When julia does do a 2.0, it will be far less painful than python 2.0 to 3.0

This is the key point — _if_ anything breaks, it will be in exchange for something that is really worth it. See also

> [@PSA: Julia is not at that stage of development anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872):
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> You heard about this brand new exciting programming language called Julia and have some suggestions for how it should work. Wonderful! We’re happy to have you here and help you learn the language and listen to your ideas! However, please be aware that “new” is a relative term. Yes, Julia is newer than, say, C, which was first created in 1972 and standardized in 1989. It is not, however, new in the sense that it is still being freely designed and changed in arbitrary ways. Julia development start…

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