Re: SyntaxError on progress module

From	Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: SyntaxError on progress module
Organization	Decebal Computing
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Date	2015-05-27 16:11 +0200
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Op Wednesday 27 May 2015 15:44 CEST schreef Mark Lawrence:

> On 27/05/2015 09:42, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> Op Wednesday 27 May 2015 09:30 CEST schreef alb:
>>
>>> But here I have another question, as a python novice is there
>>> really any reason for me to use any particular version of Python?
>>>
>>> Should I start directly with the newest? What about 2.7?
>>
>> In principal you should use the ‘latest’ 3. The only problem is
>> that a lot of libraries are not converted to 3 yet. If you need one
>> of those, then you have ‘no choice’ and have to use 2.7. But I
>> would recommend to use ‘from __future__' to make the 2.7 code as
>> much as possible 3 compliant.
>>
>
> Please define "a lot" whilst bearing in mind green against red here
> https://python3wos.appspot.com/

I just started using Python again and the first ‘real’ program I wrote
I had to write with Python 2 because the needed library (libturpial,
that is not listed on your link) works only with Python 2. A short
search about which of the two to use gives similar answers to mine.
And as far as I can see in my neighbourhood Python 2 is almost
exclusively used because used libraries are only available in Python
2.

This is not a scientifically substantiated argument, but for me good
enough to use a lot.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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SyntaxError on progress module al.basili@gmail.com (alb) - 2015-05-26 15:48 +0000
  Re: SyntaxError on progress module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-26 16:59 +0100
    Re: SyntaxError on progress module al.basili@gmail.com (alb) - 2015-05-27 07:30 +0000
      Re: SyntaxError on progress module David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2015-05-27 09:47 +0200
      Re: SyntaxError on progress module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-27 18:22 +1000
      Re: SyntaxError on progress module Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-27 10:42 +0200
        Re: SyntaxError on progress module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-27 14:44 +0100
          Re: SyntaxError on progress module Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-27 16:11 +0200
            Re: SyntaxError on progress module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-27 15:51 +0100
              Re: SyntaxError on progress module Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-27 17:18 +0200
                Re: SyntaxError on progress module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-27 21:03 +0100
                Re: SyntaxError on progress module Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-28 11:39 +1000
  Re: SyntaxError on progress module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-27 02:27 +1000
    Re: SyntaxError on progress module al.basili@gmail.com (alb) - 2015-05-27 07:24 +0000

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