On 31 May 2014 12:30:11 GMT, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>On Sat, 31 May 2014 12:07:59 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > >> I'll leave Python 3.2 on my computer, but 2.7.5 will be the one I'm >> installing now. Even if I could *find* a book that deals with Python >> 3.x, couldn't afford to but yet another Python book. > >Version 2.7 is a good choice, and it will be around for a long time: it >will be supported until at least 2020, so you should get many years of >use from it. > >Do not be discouraged about Python 3. There are differences, but they >aren't so different as to be a major barrier. By the time you have a bit >of experience with 2.7, you will be more than capable of dealing with the >differences with version 3. They are not different languages, think of >them as slightly different dialects of the same language, like UK and >South African English. That's more or less what the book said, about why it chose to use 2 rather than 3. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
