The Case Against Python 3

Chris Warrick kwpolska at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 06:39:03 EST 2016


On 25 November 2016 at 12:11, Fabien <fabien.maussion at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be interested to read what the community thinks about the fact that his
> book (learn the hard way) is extremely influential among beginners, and what
> tools do we have to avoid that beginners stumble across such opinions in
> their very first steps with python...

His book is slowly on the way out. #python on freenode and /r/python
stopped recommending the book. Other places should follow suit, and
actively discourage an outdated (easy_install, distribute, nosetests,
python 2) book written by an asshole and a xenophobe.

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