ActivePython 3.1.1.2 vs Python 3.1.1 for OSX?

[srid]

PyPM is now released!

  http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e9efdedf264a3b8a

On Oct 1, 4:42 am, flebber <flebber.c... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 1, 11:28 am, srid <sridhar.ra... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sep 30, 4:51 pm, Robert Hicks <sigz... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I am just curious which I should use. I am going to start learning
> > > Python soon. Are they comparable and I just do a "eenie meenie minie
> > > moe"?
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> > ActivePython is essentially same as the installers from python.org -
> > but it also comes with additional documentation and tutorials, such
> > as:
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> > Python FAQs
> > A snapshot of the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) (For the most
> > recent version, refer to the PEPs on python.org .)
> > Dive Into Python (A tutorial for programmers)
> > Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python
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> >http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html
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> > Also note that 2.6.x is probably the best bet if you are going to use
> > some 3rd party libraries (after you learn the basics of Python) ..
> > because 3.x does not have many of those libraries ported yet.
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> >  http://www.activestate.com/activepython/
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> > Further, early next week - a new release of ActivePython-2.6 will be
> > made available that will include, for the first time, a new Python
> > package manager (PyPM) from ActiveState that makes it easier to
> > install packages from pypi.python.org(without having to compile them
> > yourself). This is similar to PPM from ActivePerl.
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> > -srid
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> Thats awesome news.