Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'win32': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'initialize': 0.07; 'linux,': 0.07; 'steve': 0.09; 'latter': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'seemed': 0.09; 'windows,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; 'windows': 0.15; '"hello': 0.16; '2.7.2': 0.16; '>that': 0.16; 'booted': 0.16; 'guess.': 0.16; 'hayes': 0.16; 'inc.)': 0.16; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:usage': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'seems': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'install': 0.23; '2.x': 0.24; 'tells': 0.24; 'url:home': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.27; '(c)': 0.29; '2009': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'that.': 0.31; '3.x': 0.31; 'skip:c 30': 0.32; 'linux': 0.33; 'device': 0.34; 'there,': 0.34; 'problem.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; '+0200,': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'unable': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'between': 0.67; 'reserved.': 0.68; 'hand': 0.80; 'discovered': 0.83; 'subject:survey': 0.84; 'differences': 0.93; 'received:108': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:54:56 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-108-79-217-221.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 51 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1388598905 news.xs4all.nl 2972 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36612 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62967 On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:41:44 +0200, Steve Hayes declaimed the following: > >But the version I have in Windows is 3.2, and it seems that even "Hello World" >presents and insurmountable problem. > >Eventually I discovered that one of the differences bytween 2.x and 3.x is >that the former has "print" and the latter has "print()" but weven using that >it tells me it cant find the PRN device or something. > >I've got 2.x on Linux, so I booted into that and it seemed to work there, but >it seems that the differences between the versions are not trivial. > >So perhaps I should just try to install 2.x in Windows, and learn that. Off hand I suspect you didn't follow the same process on Linux as you did on Windows. But as you didn't cut&paste the exact code and invocation/error message we have to guess. -=-=-=-=- Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>print("hello lunar") Unable to initialize device PRN C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>print "hello moon" Unable to initialize device PRN C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents>python ActivePython 2.7.2.5 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 24 2011, 12:22:14) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> print("hello lunar") hello lunar >>> print "hello moon" hello moon >>> ^Z C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents> -=-=-=-=- -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/