[Tutor] Which Python should a beginner learn?

[Joel Goldstick]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 02/10/2013 19:50, vitsen at gmx.com wrote:
>>
>> Which version of Python should a beginner learn? 2.x or 3.x?
>>
>
> Python 3 is the future so learn it unless you want to use a specific library
> which hasn't yet been ported.

While I generally agree with Mark, you might want to consider other
factors.  Although 3.x has been around a few years, it took a while
for it to pick up steam with third party modules.  In the last year,
Django has started to experiment with python 3.x.  The other
consideration is your learning style.  You can find lots of youtube
videos, and text tutorials on the web to learn python.  Some will suit
you, some maybe not.  So that might lead you to start with the python
that matches the resources you prefer.

At any rate, if you are just learning programming, what they have in
common exceeds their differences.

In the end, though Mark is probably right --  all else being equal
since some  language issues were revisited and made better in 3.x and
2.x will eventually become a relic (maybe in 5 or 10 years).
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