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Re:Python 2.8 Un-release Schedule by sho_hn on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:54PM (#3696784)
This is one reason I like to recommend Lutz' book to beginners. Aside from generally being rather decent and thorough, it also teaches Python 3 and how Python 2 differs from it (rather than the other way around, or ignoring Python 3 altogether), resulting in a full, useful education on both, but from the right vantage point.
Re:Python 2.8 Un-release Schedule by sateesh on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @04:09AM (#3697474)
I like the Lutz's book. I think if there is a version of the book which covers only Python3, that would be a great start for a person who is absolutely newbie to Python. For a Python beginner I think the constant reference/comparison and going back and forth (in the book) between Python 2 and Python 3 would be rather distracting.