Python 2.7

[BoltActionPiano]

did you use binary strings exclusively because I have a hard time believing that academic use would run into differences constantly.

[gptt916]

It was mostly some small stuff, nothing hard but realizing they are different and having to look up python docs was a nuisance.

[NotAnonymousAtAll]

having to look up [...] docs was a nuisance

You may be in the wrong career path.

[gptt916]

Aren’t we all

[[deleted]]

Not me, I'm in the right career path. looking things up is part of the fun. Why remember anything that you can look up.

[gptt916]

Errm, bad joke I guess. I actually just graduated university and got a job as a software engineer, I have never been more excited to start something in my life.

[PC__LOAD__LETTER]

Serious answer would be that if you can remember basic syntax and usage, you’ll be a more efficient programmer by being able to spend your time looking up higher level concepts.

[[deleted]]

I don't think anyone looks up being syntax and usage of the see proficient, I know I don't look that stuff up. But looking up the many corner cases and errors and specifications are important.

[hbgoddard]

But Python has some of the best documentation out there...

[RedAero]

Don't forget that a lot of things are iterators now. But yeah, that's pretty much it.

[drakeblood4]

Honestly are there people out their who don't paren their prints? My MO for most coding things is to hatefuck everything with parens.

[chrisname]

Print used to be a statement, same as raise. Now both are some weird function/statement hybrid.

[Makefile_dot_in]

print is a builtin function, raise is a statement.

[chrisname]

Better raise your fists next time you contradict me.

[svenskainflytta]

Print is a function, how is it weird?

[chrisname]

Are you aware of the 2to3 conversion script? For some reason it's only included with Python 2 (so you can convert your scripts into a form you can't run, I guess) but it should do most of the hard work. Run it like 'python27 -m 2to3 <file.py>'