29 Jan
2009
29 Jan
'09
3:22 a.m.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
"Martin v. Löwis" writes:
It might also be a good idea to take the download link off the front page of python.org: until that happens newbies are going to keep coming along and downloading it "because it's the newest".
By that logic, I would suggest removing 2.6 ;-) See below.
It was (and probably still is) Guido's position that 3.0 *is* the version that newbies should be using.
Indeed. See Terry Reedy's post.
When people ask on c.l.p, I recommend either 3.0 for the relative cleanliness or 2.5 (until now, at least) for the 3rd-party add-on availability (that will gradually improve for both 2.6 and more slowly, for 3.x). I expect that some newbies would find 2.6 a somewhat confusing mix of old and new. tjr