Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python 3 is killing Python Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 05:05:05 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4s5lo91dpa4e7iakbdtq4umar01o6vte7f@4ax.com> References: <57ajo9poljjre4c4ig0n0ss8kph8k78lp0@4ax.com> <87d2euazi9.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4b7472a36e4cddf1c8d98b336a59b482"; logging-data="6612"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18M9t0zfYioGmHoCqsdnGCdSut7mx82L+U=" X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jqvaj/HhtocJBxAbldkwYTh3ef8= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:72359 On Sat, 31 May 2014 15:44:46 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >Steve Hayes : > >> 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. > >Unfortunately, in the computer field, if there's a book written on a >topic, it will most likely be out of date. > >In the 1990's, I used to buy computer books on various topics. I don't >think I have bought one for ten years. Either it is online or it doesn't >exist. > >There's enough Python material online to become a pro in it: I hate reading stuff online, and find it diffucult to learn anything with that method. I use MS Word 97 in preference to Libre Office wor Word 2010 (both of which I have) because I have a book on the first, but not on the others. I can't read online books in the bath or in bed. -- 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