Beginner needs advice

harrismh777 harrismh777 at charter.net
Fri May 27 10:40:53 EDT 2011


Colin J. Williams wrote:
> It would be safer to stick with Python 2.7 initially and then consider
> the transition to 3.2 later.

I must disagree with Colin's statement. If you are a complete beginner 
with Python... then there is going to a learning curve for you... and 
that curve should be 3.2---  period.

It is true that some modules are not ready for 3.x, and it is also true 
that many installed systems (probably most) do not have 3.x installed.

But that is not the point. The point is that 3.x is completely 
incompatible with 2.x (some call it a dialect, but that is a lie). 
Python3 is the future of the language, and if you're new to Python, then 
learn 3.x, move forward and don't look back... seriously.


kind regards,
m harris






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