[Tutor] Python 2 or 3?

[DragonDon]

Week, not an experienced user per se, the more important thing is to just
start.

I can say this, the vast majority of online python classes use v2.  So, if
you have never programmed before, like myself, then 2 is going to be what
you will learn.  Learning to upgrade later is no big deal and I doubt you
will immediately be writing programs that will need to be converted. I
learned that there are a few tricks in regards to this 2/3 difference like:

# adjust for Python 2 or 3
import sys
....if sys.version[0] >= ’3′:
........getUserInput = input
....else:
........getUserInput = raw_input

But theses are only stop-gap measures maybe?

It really depends on why you arelearning python i think.

DragonDon
On Jun 24, 2013 6:33 AM, "Andrew Cooper" <andycooper47 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Dear Pythoners,
> Sorry I am completely new to this but so far as I can see there are two
> versions of Python, version 2 (which is more established and has much more
> support) and version 3 which is relatively new.
> As a beginner, which of the versions (2 or 3) would it be advisable to
> start with first?
> I suspect version 2, but I would like to hear that from experienced Python
> users.
> Many thanks,
> Andy Cooper
>
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