Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Ben Finney Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python 2.7 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:53:19 +1000 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <1852181004.1116878.1460760280543.JavaMail.zimbra@mailid.telus.net> <2092809416.1121798.1460760503869.JavaMail.zimbra@mailid.telus.net> <854mb2vycg.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de aFB8X8e92uMmEfxtAI16Wg3ucsK8KzN9d66xJfVzIuRw== Cancel-Lock: sha1:JauhEK9zRBSztY7byKHFySgyPl8= Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'fixes': 0.05; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:2.7': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; 'python': 0.10; 'python.': 0.11; '2.7': 0.13; 'price,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'tutoring': 0.16; 'url:tutor': 0.16; 'windows': 0.20; 'expense': 0.22; 'features,': 0.22; 'made.': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'install': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'package.': 0.27; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'code': 0.30; 'version,': 0.30; 'probably': 0.31; 'computer.': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'instead,': 0.33; 'machine.': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'should': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'operating': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'someone': 0.38; 'thank': 0.38; 'end': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'questions': 0.40; 'company': 0.60; 'ten': 0.60; 'ever': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'reach': 0.61; 'great': 0.63; 'latest': 0.64; 'goal': 0.64; 'today.': 0.67; '8bit%:21': 0.70; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.70; 'wish': 0.71; '8bit%:46': 0.76; '_o__)': 0.84; 'compelling': 0.84; 'desires': 0.84; 'learn.': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84; 'welcome!': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-pubkey.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <854mb2vycg.fsf@benfinney.id.au> X-Mailman-Original-References: <1852181004.1116878.1460760280543.JavaMail.zimbra@mailid.telus.net> <2092809416.1121798.1460760503869.JavaMail.zimbra@mailid.telus.net> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:107081 a3a95797 writes: > I wish to have python 2.7 on a computer. I have not been able to get a > working copy to work on my machine. Welcome! Thank you for learning Python. Please be aware that Python 2.7 is a dead end today. It will never get any new features, and only bug fixes will ever be made. Even that will stop in a few years. If you do not have a highly compelling reason to use that old version, you should not be writing any new code in Python 2. Instead, get the latest Python 3 for your computer and learn Python that way. > I am prepared to follow instructions or to pay someone to install > Python on my computer. Either the Debian or the Windows operating > system is satisfactory. The Debian package manager will install Python 3 for you, just install the ‘python3’ package. > I am prepared to pay a company or person to reach my goal of > programming with Python. Good hunting, and feel free to ask questions as you learn. You will probably want to join the “tutor” forum for collaborative tutoring . -- \ “Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whosoever procures | `\ it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and | _o__) happy purchase.” —J. Balguy | Ben Finney