On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 15:12:02 +1000, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote: >>>>You're looking at a Python 2 book, and you're running Python 3. I >>>>would recommend instead getting a Python 3 tutorial: >>> >>> Or do as I did, and install Python 2. >> >>Better to install and learn Python 3. Much better. > > I've got too big an investment in books on Python 2, and there are no books > available on Python 3 (I don't regard downloadable PDFs or other onlines stuff > as "books").
But there are plenty of courses for Python 3, and lots of people are happy to take online information when learning coding. (Personally, I can't be bothered with paper books at all. I get all my books online if I possibly can... or even get both, pay for the paper one to support the author, and then download it so I have something I can actually read and search.) Don't tie yourself to the Python branch that's not getting development (bugfixes, some IDLE enhancements, but no new features) unless you have a good reason to. For someone who's just starting out with Python, learn Python 3. Don't bother going into all the debates; if you have need of Python 2, you'll find out when the time comes; and when it does, you'll be better placed for having learned Python 3. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
