Re: [RELEASE] Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released

2010-06-06 Thread Lie Ryan
On 06/07/10 00:05, Franck Ditter wrote: > Just an advice as I see that "old" Python is maintained. > When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start > with Python 3.x ? If it has a decent implementation on Mac/Linux/Windows of > course... I say, if you're learning the language

Re: [RELEASE] Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released

2010-06-06 Thread Aahz
In article , Franck Ditter wrote: > >When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start >with Python 3.x ? That depends on the extent to which you rely strictly on the standard Python library. If there's any likelihood that you will want to use random third-party libraries, yo

Re: [RELEASE] Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released

2010-06-06 Thread Franck Ditter
Just an advice as I see that "old" Python is maintained. When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start with Python 3.x ? If it has a decent implementation on Mac/Linux/Windows of course... Thanks, franck -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[RELEASE] Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released

2010-06-05 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm effusive to announce the first release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 is scheduled (by Guido and Python-dev) to be the last major version in the 2.x series. However, 2.7 will have an extended period of bugfix maintenance. 2.7 includes many featur