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Asked: 2026-06-13T00:00:49+00:00

I’m not quite sure what the real differences are so I’m not able to

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I’m not quite sure what the real differences are so I’m not able to decide which version is better for a beginner.

I have a background about C, C++ and Java basically, i would like to start Python because i need it, this will look like a noob question but i really don’t know which version i’m supposed to pick; for what i see the difference between 2.x and 3.x are mostly related to the syntax used in the two versions, but since i don’t even have started anything yet i know nothing so i ask: which one I’m supposed to pick ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can start with any of the version you want. Syntax are almost similar, the major differences can be found here:

    http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/whatsnew/3.0.html

    For learning though I would suggest 3.x because 2.x are frozen. There will hardly be any features added apart from bug-fixings.

    For industry level application : 2.x because many libraries are yet to be ported ( example: mechanize, BeautifulSoup etc). Also Google App Engine does not support 3.x yet.

    My suggestion would be to write code in 2.x, but make sure it can easily be ported. It’s not that tough once you get the hang of py2to3 tool.

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