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Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner

From Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner
Date 2014-08-04 07:30 +0100
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in 726123 20140803 090919 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>Steve Hayes wrote:
>
>> I've got too big an investment in books on Python 2, and there are no
>> books available on Python 3 (I don't regard downloadable PDFs or other
>> onlines stuff as "books").
>
>I love Python 3, it's way better than Python 2, and there's less and less
>reason to stick to Python 2 now. You really should learn Python 3, you
>won't be sorry.
>
>But, if you choose not to, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Python 2.7 has
>got at least six years of life left in it, and when you're done with it,
>migrating to Python 3 isn't like learning a new language. It's more like
>the difference between American and British English.

With American English being 2.7 ??
Sorry, but someone had to ask  :-)

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Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-02 18:13 -0400
  Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 08:30 +1000
    Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-02 18:39 -0400
    Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2014-08-03 07:11 +0200
      Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 15:12 +1000
        Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2014-08-03 07:20 +0200
          Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2014-08-02 22:31 -0700
          Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 15:43 +1000
          Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-03 18:09 +1000
            Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2014-08-04 07:30 +0100
              Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-04 08:04 +0100
              Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-05 00:38 +1000
  Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-02 23:31 +0100
    Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-02 18:41 -0400
      Re: Python Programing for the Absoulte Beginner Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-03 08:55 +1000

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