From: Franck Ditter on 6 Jun 2010 10:05 Just an advice as I see that "old" Python is maintained. When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start with Python 3.x ? If it has a decent implementation on Mac/Linux/Windows of course... Thanks, franck
From: Aahz on 6 Jun 2010 10:32 In article <wissme-3DC8E8.16054506062010(a)news.free.fr>, Franck Ditter <wissme(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start >with Python 3.x ? That depends on the extent to which you rely strictly on the standard Python library. If there's any likelihood that you will want to use random third-party libraries, you probably want to stick with 2.x; ditto if you want to rely on your users having their own copy of Python (in which case you probably should target Python 2.4). -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra
From: Lie Ryan on 6 Jun 2010 15:33 On 06/07/10 00:05, Franck Ditter wrote: > Just an advice as I see that "old" Python is maintained. > When starting with Python (simple programs and GUIs) should I start > with Python 3.x ? If it has a decent implementation on Mac/Linux/Windows of course... I say, if you're learning the language and/or programming, python 3 is a nicer to start with. However, as of now, not many third party libraries has been ported to python 3.x yet; so if you're writing a real application and you're expecting to use many third party libraries, then stick with python 2.x.
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