On Mar 31, 11:40 am, Rui Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I woke up inclined to take up the task of learning another > programming language. I've already dipped my toes in Perl (I've read online > tutorials and wrote a couple of irrelevant pet projects) but, as the > computers at my workplace only sport the python interpreter, it probably > means that learning python will end up serving me better, at least in the > short run. Plus, you know how Perl goes. > > So far the decision seems to be a no brainer. Yet, Python 3000 will arrive > in a few months. As it isn't backwards compatible with today's Python, > there is the risk that no matter what I learn until then, I will end up > having to re-learn at least a considerable part of the language. To put it > in other words, I fear that I will be wasting my time. > > At least that is what a clueless newbie believes. As this group is > frequented by people who have more insight into all things pythonesque, > what are your thoughts on this? > > Thanks for the help > Rui Maciel
Think of it this way - A.) If you start learning Python 2.5 *today*, and then Python3k comes out in a few months and (at worst) breaks all your code, you will still have less code to patch than the person who learned Python 2.3 two years ago :) B.) If you start learning Python 2.5 *tomorrow*... who knows, we might not be alive tomorrow. Seize the day. Seriously, I have watched Guido's GoogleTalk on Py3k plans, and the changes are not all that scary. I'm looking forward to it. Cheers, -Basilisk96 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
