# When do you think we'll see Python 4? **URL:** \ **Category:** Backend Chat/Discussions\ **Tags:** python\ **Created:** [12 June 2025 11:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115 "2025-06-12T11:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dyowee/32/6692_2.png) [@dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dyowee)\ **Post date:** [12 June 2025 11:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/1 "2025-06-12T11:03:52Z")
Will there be any hope for Python 4.0? ---
**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\ **Post date:** [23 June 2025 02:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/2 "2025-06-23T02:19:39Z")
Not sure but I bet people will want it to go smoother than Python 2 \> 3 :081: ---
**Author:** ![dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dyowee/32/6692_2.png) [@dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dyowee)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2025 07:53 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/3 "2025-07-01T07:53:27Z")
Never experienced that transition from Python 2 to 3, because I was primarily a C# developer, but it sounds like it didn’t go well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adamaiken89/32/2661_2.png) [@adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adamaiken89)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2025 22:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/4 "2025-07-06T22:25:59Z")
What do you expect from python 4? ---
**Author:** ![jkdiaz](https://forum.devtalk.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jkdiaz](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jkdiaz)\ **Post date:** [7 July 2025 01:20 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/5 "2025-07-07T01:20:32Z")
I am not primarily a Python developer, but how about getting rid of the Global Interpreter Lock, or even making it optional? ---
**Author:** ![adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adamaiken89/32/2661_2.png) [@adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adamaiken89)\ **Post date:** [7 July 2025 11:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/6 "2025-07-07T11:16:36Z")
I am afraid it brings more issues than just performance gain. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin-Philip](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/benjamin-philip/32/6086_2.png) [@Benjamin-Philip](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Benjamin-Philip)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2025 13:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/7 "2025-07-08T13:47:31Z")
I doubt there will ever by a Python 4. The Python 2 to Python 3 transition was so painful that they’ve effectively been releasing “major” changes in minor releases. Kind of like they switched from static releases to rolling releases but as a language instead of a Linux distro. I don’t work with python daily, but if you think about it asyncio, all the typing support, pattern matching, the new operators are all things that merited a major release. Here’s a video where Guido van Rossum talks about the transition (among other things): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Oiw23yfqQy8/maxresdefault.jpg "Guido van Rossum: BDFL Python 3 retrospective") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiw23yfqQy8) ---
**Author:** ![jkdiaz](https://forum.devtalk.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jkdiaz](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jkdiaz)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2025 03:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-do-you-think-well-see-python-4/204115/8 "2025-07-15T03:19:02Z")
Ok. Thanks.