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Subject: Re: Lesson 39 of Learning Python the Hard Way hangs
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Python 2.7 (It's going to be a while before 2,7 goes away. There is just too
> much code out there.

2.7 isn't going to go away, but that doesn't mean you should learn on
it. Unless you have a particular reason for learning 2.7, I would
recommend picking up 3.4 (or 3.5, which is about to be released).

ChrisA