Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-21 Thread Andreas Perstinger
On 2011-12-20 19:31, kimma wrote: I am about to learn python with "how to think like a computer scientist". This book is just available for python 2.4. Does it matter for programming? There is also a online-version for Python 3 but there are some differences: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-21 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 21 December 2011 20:06, DJC wrote: > > In which case the most important thing is the quality of the book as a > text on Programming. If you find the the author's style to your taste, > then use that book rather than struggle with a text based on a recent > version that you personally find unrea

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-21 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 12/20/11 7:31 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: Anything before Python 3.0 is now obsolete. We are currently at 3.2.2 for a stable release. 2.7 is still a supported production release of Python. It has not been end-of-lifed. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com -- http://mail.py

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-21 Thread DJC
On 21/12/11 02:13, Ashton Fagg wrote: > I got the impression the OP was learning programming in general (i.e. > from scratch) and not merely "learning Python". If this is the case it > shouldn't matter if they're merely learning the concepts as you can > always get up to speed on the differences l

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > I currently have Python 2.7 and Python 3.2.2 installed on my machine. > I don't use Python 2.7 because i am a member of some secret "Python > Historical Commission" Shun 3.2.2, it's way too old. The ONLY version of Python worth using is the b

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Rick Johnson
On Dec 20, 8:13 pm, Ashton Fagg wrote: > On 21 December 2011 10:31, Rick Johnson wrote: > I got the impression the OP was learning programming in general (i.e. > from scratch) and not merely "learning Python". If this is the case it > shouldn't matter if they're merely learning the concepts as y

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 21 December 2011 10:31, Rick Johnson wrote: > Kimma, don't listen to either of these guys. Anything before Python > 3.0 is now obsolete. We are currently at 3.2.2 for a stable release. > If a tutorial writer is too lazy to update his tutorial to AT LEAST > Python 3.0, THEN he is a fool and shou

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Maverick JS
I'd recommend starting with http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ by "Zed Shaw" or Beginning Python Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 by "James Payne" I'd say learning Python 2.6 would be better than 2.4, since it's really old. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Rick Johnson
On Dec 20, 12:31 pm, kimma wrote: > Hi there, > > I am about to learn python with "how to think like a computer > scientist". This book is just available for python 2.4. Does it matter > for programming? > > Greetz Kimma, don't listen to either of these guys. Anything before Python 3.0 is now obs

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:31:56 +0100, kimma wrote: > Hi there, > > I am about to learn python with "how to think like a computer > scientist". This book is just available for python 2.4. Does it matter > for programming? Python 2.4 is pretty old, and missing a lot of really cool features that cam

Re: Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:31 AM, kimma wrote: > Hi there, > > I am about to learn python with "how to think like a computer scientist". > This book is just available for python 2.4. Does it matter for programming? > > Greetz Python 2.4 is pretty old at this point. A lot has been added to the la

Learning Python 2.4

2011-12-20 Thread kimma
Hi there, I am about to learn python with "how to think like a computer scientist". This book is just available for python 2.4. Does it matter for programming? Greetz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list