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On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> I borrowed a book called "Learning Python" by Lutz and Asher, which is geared
> for 2.2/2.3.

That's really REALLY old. Even Red Hat isn't still supporting 2.2. You
can quite easily get started on 3.2 on Windows - though I would
recommend grabbing 3.3 and using that - just start with this tutorial:

http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/

I don't know exactly what will be different in 2.2, but there's no
point learning a version that old. If nothing else, you'll miss out on
a lot of neat features.

ChrisA