ActivePython 3.1.1.2 vs Python 3.1.1 for OSX?

[Robert H]

On Sep 30, 9:28 pm, srid <sridhar.ra... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 30, 4:51 pm, Robert Hicks <sigz... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am just curious which I should use. I am going to start learning
> > Python soon. Are they comparable and I just do a "eenie meenie minie
> > moe"?
>
> ActivePython is essentially same as the installers from python.org -
> but it also comes with additional documentation and tutorials, such
> as:
>
> Python FAQs
> A snapshot of the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) (For the most
> recent version, refer to the PEPs on python.org .)
> Dive Into Python (A tutorial for programmers)
> Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python
>
> http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html
>
> Also note that 2.6.x is probably the best bet if you are going to use
> some 3rd party libraries (after you learn the basics of Python) ..
> because 3.x does not have many of those libraries ported yet.
>
>  http://www.activestate.com/activepython/
>
> Further, early next week - a new release of ActivePython-2.6 will be
> made available that will include, for the first time, a new Python
> package manager (PyPM) from ActiveState that makes it easier to
> install packages from pypi.python.org (without having to compile them
> yourself). This is similar to PPM from ActivePerl.
>
> -srid

Thanks!

Bob