Beginner needs advice

[Ethan Furman]

harrismh777 wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>> To say that "most" 2.x code is
>> incompatible with 3.x is to deny the 2to3 utility,
> 
> all I'm 
> saying is that 3.x is not compatible with 2.x code (completely not 
> compatible)
> 
>> and you're ignoring
>> the people who deliberately write code that can cross-execute on
>> either version - which is really not that difficult,
> 
> That's what I do... 
 >
> Lying about this isn't helpful to anyone coming 
> on board with Python. Just tell them the truth...

Um -- how can you have on the one hand "completely not compatible" and 
on the other "code that can cross-execute on either version"?

~Ethan~