RE: Python 2.5
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:25:51 -0400
Hi Jamal,
I agree with what you say here. Also most of the books you read about Python
would have code that you would not need to change for 3.0 or 2.6.
Jim
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:18 AM
To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Python 2.5
To any beginning Python programmers, this is the version I recommend using
rather than 2.6 or 3.x. If you know what you are doing and have a
specific need to use the later versions, then go for it. Otherwise, you
will probably encounter compatibility problems with popular 3rd party
Python libraries, including py2exe -- the one that lets you create
independent executables on Windows. In my opinion, there is almost no
functionality that one loses by using 2.5 at this time. 2.6 and 3.x are
mainly a matter of syntax changes and re-organization of built-in modules
so far.
This is not a disapproval of the direction the Python language is
going -- just a reality check on what is working well at present, so
beginners can minimize headaches.
Jamal
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