Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-03 Thread Mark Lawrence via Tutor
On 01/09/17 18:51, Raghunadh wrote: Hello Derek, I would start with this book https://learnpythonthehardway.org Raghunadh I cannot recommend anything from the author of LPTHW after he had the audacity to write this https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html about Python 3, in

[Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Leam Hall
On 09/03/2017 12:10 AM, Mark Lawrence via Tutor wrote: On 01/09/17 18:51, Raghunadh wrote: Hello Derek, I would start with this book https://learnpythonthehardway.org Raghunadh I cannot recommend anything from the author of LPTHW after he had the audacity to write this https://learnpytho

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 03/09/17 11:02, Leam Hall wrote: > Anyone that uses python on Linux has to use Python 2. Errr, nope. I use python 3 on Linux all the time. My last significant Python 2 program was about 4 years ago. It may be true that the distro maintainers are still using python 2 for historical reasons but

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/03/2017 04:02 AM, Leam Hall wrote: > Anyone that uses python on Linux has to use Python 2. Every current distro I know of has a python 3 package, plus lots and lots of add-ons in python 3 mode. It's quite easy to use python 3 as a result... and if that doesn't work you can install your ow

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread David Rock
> On Sep 3, 2017, at 08:55, Mats Wichmann wrote: > > On 09/03/2017 04:02 AM, Leam Hall wrote: > >> Anyone that uses python on Linux has to use Python 2. > > Every current distro I know of has a python 3 package, plus lots and > lots of add-ons in python 3 mode. It's quite easy to use python

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Chris Warrick
On 3 September 2017 at 12:02, Leam Hall wrote: mmend anything from the author of LPTHW after he had the >> audacity to write this https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html >> about Python 3, in addition to which there are several vastly superior books >> and/or tutorials anyway. >> >>

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Leam Hall
On 09/03/2017 10:06 AM, David Rock wrote: On Sep 3, 2017, at 08:55, Mats Wichmann wrote: On 09/03/2017 04:02 AM, Leam Hall wrote: Anyone that uses python on Linux has to use Python 2. Every current distro I know of has a python 3 package, plus lots and lots of add-ons in python 3 mode. I

Re: [Tutor] Python 3 for Beginners was: (Re: intro book for python)

2017-09-03 Thread Sri Kavi
Hi guys, this mailing list is for people trying to learn Python and this list is here to help us all. It’s one of the hundreds of programming languages in use today. Use it as a tool and see if it can help you accomplish your goal. If it fails to serve you, you’ve so many choices. Every language h