Syntax problem - cannot solve it by myself

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Deadly Dirk wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:52:44 -0700, alex23 wrote:
> 
> 
>> Unless you have a clear need for 3rd party libraries that currently
>> don't have 3.x versions, starting with Python 3 isn't a bad idea.
> 
>>From what I see, most of the people are still using Python 2.x. My reason 
> for learning Python is the fact that my CTO decided that the new company 
> standard for scripting languages will be Python. I've been using Perl for 
> 15 years and it was completely adequate but, apparently, Perl is no 
> longer in. I am afraid that Python3 is like Perl 6, the one with Parrot: 
> everybody is reading articles about it but nobody is using it. 
> 
I won't say nobody. I'm using it, for example. :-)

The differences between Python 2 and Python 3 are nothing like those
between Perl 5 and Perl 6; it's more of a tidy-up than a redesign.