Python 1.5 v 2 (to be embedded in garphics app)

[Owen F. Ransen]

On 1 Nov 2000 07:38:29 -0800, aahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:

>In article <3a000991.53776 at news.newsguy.com>,
>Owen F. Ransen <ransen_spam_me_not_ at nemo.it> wrote:
>>
>>How different is Python 2 from Python 1.5?
>>
>>I have a Dr Dobbs Python Resource CD (1999), is
>>that way out of date?
>
>2.0 is considerably different from 1.5.2; it's even more different from
>1.5.  But I think what you're really asking is whether what you learn
>for 1.5.2 will be obsolete when you switch to 2.0.  IMO, the answer is
>"not much".  Just about everything in 1.5.2 works the same, and there
>are only a few new features in 2.0 that obsolete idioms that you learn
>for 1.5.2.

Many thanks for the reply. You interpreted my muddy question properly!

Owen

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