On 3 December 2011 03:54, Antti J Ylikoski <antti.yliko...@tkk.fi> wrote: > > I'm in the process of learning Python. I already can code > objet-oriented programs with the language. I have in my hands the > O'Reilly book by Mark Lutz, Programming Python, in two versions: the > 2nd Edition, which covers Python 2, and the 4th edition, which covers > Python 3. > > In the "official Python site" so to speak, http://www.python.org, it > is mentioned that the authors recommend the visitor, who is a novice, > to learn Python 2 rather than Python 3, because most of existing > software has been writen with Python 2. > > The O'Reilly book has some 1200 pages. I would not want to invest > such an amount of work and time to an obsolete language (i. e. Python > 2).
Python 2 and Python 3 are mostly the same language. Learning either will be equally valuable IMHO. There are some significant differences but if you have a good understanding of one, you will have no problem adapting very quickly to the other. And Python 2 is definitely not obsolete :) -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
