Thanks all! I think i will install the newly released 2.6.3 and go from there. Its a little intimidating but i guess i gotta jump right in and get my feet wet.
Thanks again! -Nick On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:59 PM, wesley chun <wes...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Nick Hird <nrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What is the best version of python to start out with? I see some >> discussions on the net about not going to 3.1 but staying with the 2.x >> releases. But then i see that 3.1 is better if your just starting. > > > greetings nick! > > ironically, i just gave a talk on this very subject yesterday afternoon(!) > http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/Sessions.aspx?OnlyOne=true&id=227 > > basically, if you're starting from scratch as a hobby with no > pre-existing code, then learning 3.x is okay. however, since most of > the world still runs on Python 2, most printed and online books and > tutorials are still on Python 2, and the code at most companies using > Python is still on version 2, i would recommended any release 2.6 (and > newer). the reason is because 2.6 is the first release that has > 3.x-specific features backported to it, so really, it's the first > Python 2 release that lets you start coding against a 3.x interpreter. > > you can learn Python using 2.6+ then absorb the differences and move > to Python 3.x quite easily. > > hope this helps! > -- wesley > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 > "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 > http://corepython.com > > wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com > python training and technical consulting > cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca > http://cyberwebconsulting.com > -- --Nick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
