[posted & e-mailed] [chiming in late]
In article <mailman.1095.1285602516.29448.python-l...@python.org>, Marco Gallotta <ma...@gallotta.co.za> wrote: > >I'm sure you get a lot of "2 or 3" questions, but here's another. >Umonya [1] uses Python to introduce school kids to programming. The >initiative is only 15 months old and up till now we've been using >existing notes and exercises and thus Python 2. But we're at the stage >where we can either stick with 2 for the next few years, or go to 3 >now. > >We received a grant from Google to reach 1,000 kids in South Africa >with our course in 2011. People have also shown interest in running >the course in Croatia, Poland and Egypt. We're also eyeing developing >African countries in the long-term. As such, we're taking the time now >to write our very own specialised course notes and exercises, and we >this is why we need to decide *now* which path to take: 2 or 3? As we >will be translating the notes we'll probably stick with out choice for >the next few years. One reason not otherwise mentioned is that overall Unicode support is better in Python 3, and given your international audience, that's a strong point in favor of Python 3. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
