Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:30:04 BST Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <0hhrt99lb6hhfh9q7mhra55d8base6eumg@4ax.com> <53ddee30$0$29976$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net nsnHszyxOpcQSqRZBjKyDggN9UPMmam4pgwUUXIQWKTsyCxosL X-Orig-Path: BERLIN : news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:nedaz6QAMNqYsoTy09uN9XQ9JDw= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75664 in 726123 20140803 090919 Steven D'Aprano wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: > >> 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"). > >I love Python 3, it's way better than Python 2, and there's less and less >reason to stick to Python 2 now. You really should learn Python 3, you >won't be sorry. > >But, if you choose not to, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Python 2.7 has >got at least six years of life left in it, and when you're done with it, >migrating to Python 3 isn't like learning a new language. It's more like >the difference between American and British English. With American English being 2.7 ?? Sorry, but someone had to ask :-)