On Sat, 31 May 2014 13:09:45 +0200, Johannes Bauer <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 31.05.2014 12:07, Steve Hayes wrote: > >> So I bought this book, and decided that whatever version of Python it deals >> with, that's the one I will download and use. > >This sounds like remarkably bad advice. That's like saying "I bought a >can of motor oil in my department store and whatever engine that is good >for that's the car that I'll buy and put into!" No, it's a bit like flying in a Boeing 747 rather than a Concorde. The latyer may be later and more technically advanced and flew faster, but no one uses or supports it. > >> The book is: >> >> Cunningham, Katie. 2014. Teach yourself Python in 24 hours. >> Indianapolis: Sams. >> ISBN: 978-0-672-33687-4 >> For Python 2.7.5 >> >> I'll leave Python 3.2 on my computer, but 2.7.5 will be the one I'm >> installing >> now. Even if I could *find* a book that deals with Python 3.x, couldn't >> afford >> to but yet another Python book. > >Lucky for you 2.7.5 isn't all that different from Py3 and most of it >will apply. You'll be missing out on a bunch of cool features (arbitrary >precision ints, int division operator, real Unicode support) but that's >no big deal. I'm prepared to forgo whatever advantages those may have to avoid the frustration of example code not working and not knowing why. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
