I started learning Python in January after requesting the book "Dive Into Python 3" for Christmas. The lack of support for Python 3 on the web is highly frustrating, despite it being out for quite some time. Learning about the chicken and the egg scenario regarding why people have stuck with Python 2 has honestly left me a bit disillusioned after always hearing about what a great language it is.
That's just silly. 2.x, especially 2.6 and newer are still a fantastic choice. 3.x cleans up some ugliness, but isn't so superior that being stuck with 2.x would make ditching the language a viable choice.
You need to strike a balance between the bleeding edge and the pragmatic choice, and Python 2.x provides a _very_ good balance right now, which is why most of the interesting stuff is happening in that environment still.
I'm not thinking of ditching the language by any means. Even from the small amount I've learnt so far I think Python is amazing. It's just a bit frustrating at times when you're confused and unable to find much information about the problem you're having.
And really, I don't understand the point in learning an old version of a programming language. It just means I'm gonna have to wait it out like I have with so many other things.
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I started learning Python in January after requesting the book "Dive Into Python 3" for Christmas. The lack of support for Python 3 on the web is highly frustrating, despite it being out for quite some time. Learning about the chicken and the egg scenario regarding why people have stuck with Python 2 has honestly left me a bit disillusioned after always hearing about what a great language it is.
That's just silly. 2.x, especially 2.6 and newer are still a fantastic choice. 3.x cleans up some ugliness, but isn't so superior that being stuck with 2.x would make ditching the language a viable choice.
You need to strike a balance between the bleeding edge and the pragmatic choice, and Python 2.x provides a _very_ good balance right now, which is why most of the interesting stuff is happening in that environment still.
I'm not thinking of ditching the language by any means. Even from the small amount I've learnt so far I think Python is amazing. It's just a bit frustrating at times when you're confused and unable to find much information about the problem you're having.
And really, I don't understand the point in learning an old version of a programming language. It just means I'm gonna have to wait it out like I have with so many other things.
Python 2.4 and above is not old version.
Python 3.x is just no SO great. Libraries, frameworks, wsgi matters.