[Python-Dev] Python for new users

2013-09-30 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Nick Efford writes: > Widely-used and linked web resources tend to persist for a very > long time, so we shouldn't use the prevalence of Python 2 resources > as a reason for excessive caution. The key question is how much > good material is available based on Python 3 - and this has improved

[Python-Dev] Python for new users

2013-09-30 Thread Nick Efford
In the 'PEP453 ready for pronouncement' thread, Donald said Because reality is that new users are still likely to be using Python 2.7. Python 3 is just now starting to be really usable, however there's a huge corpus of existing tutorials, course work, books etc for Python 2.7. As Python 3 become