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Python 2 or 3

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Dec 3 21:52:32 EST 2011 
On 12/3/2011 3:59 PM, Gelonida N wrote:

> I would still stick with python 2.
>
> In my opinion there is no reason to rush to the most recent version.

Python 3 is 3 years old. Starting with it now is hardly rushing.
There are several reasons someone 'in the process of learning Python' 
might want to start with it. The removal of old stuff makes it more 
steamlined and easier to learn. There is only one class system instead 
of two, one meaning of '/' instead of two, and one version of the input, 
range, map, and filter functions instead of two. For anyone working with 
unicode instead of ascii, Python 3 is much better, and 3.3 will be 
better yet. There are numerous improvements to the standard library. 
Most but not all bugfixes have been backported; changes and new features 
have not.

What's New in 3.0/1/2 is a long list of possible reasons.

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Terry Jan Reedy
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