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| From | "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Yet another Python textbook |
| Date | 2012-11-21 12:03 -0500 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <50AD0962.5080002@ncf.ca> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <CALwzid=3b_Gv3XR5iYvo7Pc0ZjXERB60daT9AjVoOG1OAP9vNg@mail.gmail.com> <CAB89DN0M5NzpoLRtcXRtM4Vs4xrOfw0wZq64GkU-DKy=Ei8HJQ@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.34.1353398989.29569.python-list@python.org> <31a82817-8c9b-4dd2-a468-89d8d081fd1b@googlegroups.com> <mailman.96.1353445247.29569.python-list@python.org> |
On 20/11/2012 4:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:57 AM, <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote: >> Le mardi 20 novembre 2012 09:09:50 UTC+1, Chris Angelico a écrit : >>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Pavel Solin <solin.pavel@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps you are right. Is there any statistics of how many Python >>> >>>> programmers are using 2.7 vs. 3? Most of people I know use 2.7. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you're teaching Python, the stats are probably about zero for zero. >>> >>> Start them off on Py3 and help move the world forward. >>> >>> >>> >>> ChrisA >> >> -------- >> >> Do not count with me. >> >> The absurd flexible string representation has practically >> borrowed the idea to propose once Python has a teaching tool. > > To the OP: jmf has an unnatural hatred of Python 3.3 and PEP 393 > strings. Take no notice; the rest of the world sees this as a huge > advantage. Python is now in a VERY small group of languages (I'm aware > of just one other) that have absolutely proper Unicode handling *and* > efficient string handling. > > ChrisA > It's interesting to see that someone else finds the format function to be a pain. Perhaps the problem lies with the documentation. Colin W.
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Re: Yet another Python textbook Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-20 19:09 +1100
Re: Yet another Python textbook wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-11-20 06:57 -0800
Re: Yet another Python textbook Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 08:00 +1100
Re: Yet another Python textbook wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-11-21 06:49 -0800
Re: Yet another Python textbook wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-11-21 06:49 -0800
Re: Yet another Python textbook "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2012-11-21 12:03 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-22 09:17 +1100
Re: Yet another Python textbook "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2012-11-22 07:24 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-22 11:27 -0700
Re: Yet another Python textbook "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2012-11-22 17:41 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-23 03:26 +0000
Re: Yet another Python textbook Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-11-22 17:12 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-21 17:58 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 16:11 -0700
Re: Yet another Python textbook Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-21 23:26 +0000
Re: Yet another Python textbook Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-11-21 23:32 +0000
Re: Yet another Python textbook Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 17:19 -0700
Re: Yet another Python textbook Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-11-21 23:04 -0500
Re: Yet another Python textbook Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-11-20 21:55 +0000
Re: Yet another Python textbook Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 09:25 +1100
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