Ishwor Gurung said unto the world upon 2004-12-03 03:36:
Hello all,
I am just starting out on learning Python and joined this list. I
have grabbed the Learning Perl book by Mark & David. This book really
seems good so far.. the concepts are explained pretty nicely. :) I
have a background a bit in Java but Python seems so cooler. The
concept of Dynamically assigning values n the objects springing into
existence is really nice to see especially you don't have to declare
variable everytime its used. In this book though it says Python 3.0 as
upcoming python version but all i see so far is Python 2.4 ?? Any
hints anyone has? So contrasting with Java which is a bit like C++
where values and object has to be "created" before assigning, Python
seems very typical of "on the edge" language, "ready to go" language
:)
cheers,
Ishwor
Hi Ishwor,
*Learning Perl*? -- burn him, he's a witch! ;-)
I am only a hobbyist, and know just enough Python to be dangerous. But,
for what you ask:
Python recently released 2.4. Python 3.0 is definitely in the future.
Python seems to have quite a conservative stance with respect to
backwards compatibility. Most (all?) Python 1.5.2 code will still run on
Python 2.4. Python 3.0 is being pondered well in advance, because, as I
understand it, the 2.x to 3.x switch will be allowed to loosen the
backwards comp. requirement considerably. 2.3 -> 2.4 took 18 months. I
don't know how many more 2.x's are planned/likely, but there will be, as
I understand it, at least a 2.5.
Since you have a Java background, you might find the recent
<http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html> interesting. I
did, but I know even less Java than Python. So, YMMV.
Also, while you might be more of a programmer than the target audience,
the Tutor list is very good for people just getting started with Python.
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/> The main list is also quite
happy to answer newcomer help questions, but the Tutor folk specialize
at it.
HTH,
Brian vdB
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