[Tutor] Best version for novice

[Alan Gauld]

On 01/02/14 18:41, Ian D wrote:

> Is it better to use python 3 as a newcomer who isn't really going to be
> writing any software as such just using it for learning?

The more important question is which version does your
preferred tutorial use?

Both versions will teach you a lot about programming and Python,
but the tutorial that suits your style of learning best will
most likely determine the version you use since its harder
to learn when the examples don't work!

Although some might argue that fixing them teaches you
even more!

> Also in 2.7 I use no subprocess by giving my python exe a -n argument,
> otherwise my canvas program's freeze.

I don;t need to do that in any of my Python versions.
Are you by any chance running your code in IDLE? There
used to be issues with idle and subprocesses and
Tkinter. But I thought they'd all been fixed by 2.7...

HTH
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Alan G
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