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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Which Version of Python? |
| Date | 2012-09-12 07:30 +0100 |
| References | <BcmdnbBsB7Ee9tLNnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.540.1347431482.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 11/09/2012 17:49, Charles Hottel wrote: > I have a lot of programming experience in many different languages and now > I want to learn Python. Which version do you suggest I download, Python 2.x > or Python 3.x ? Also why should I prefer one over the other? > > Right now I am thinkng Python 3.x as it has been out since 2008, but I have > some concerns about backward compatibility with older packages that I might > want to use. > > Thanks for your ideas and help. > > Perhaps this will sway you http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.3.html There is no longer an equivalent document for the Python 1.x or 2.x series of releases. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.
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Re: Which Version of Python? Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 19:58 -0700
Re: Which Version of Python? Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> - 2012-09-12 13:12 +0100
Re: Which Version of Python? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 07:30 +0100
Re: Which Version of Python? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 01:34 -0700
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