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bpo-34203: FAQ: improve wording of paragraph about 2.x vs. 3.x (GH-9821)

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@ -306,14 +306,10 @@ guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix
releases.
The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page
<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. There are two production-ready version
of Python: 2.x and 3.x, but the recommended one at this times is Python 3.x.
Although Python 2.x is still widely used, `it will not be
maintained after January 1, 2020 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/>`_.
Python 2.x was known for having more third-party libraries available, however,
by the time of this writing, most of the widely used libraries support Python 3.x,
and some are even dropping the Python 2.x support.
<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. There are two production-ready versions
of Python: 2.x and 3.x. The recommended version is 3.x, which is supported by
most widely used libraries. Although 2.x is still widely used, `it will not
be maintained after January 1, 2020 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/>`_.
How many people are using Python?
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