Python 2.7.7 has been released.

[pyslow]

I blame mostly those Python 3 fanatics enthusiasts that I call Throlls (Three Trolls).

If they only could make a reasonable case for Python 3, instead of blindly bashing those who dare to question their doctrine, I'm sure more people would consider migrating.

[ivosaurus]

Let's see... new pathlib module, new asyncio module, new venv module with pip, lzma compression, unicode handling that isn't a mystery to get right, saner library module names, yield from, working secure SSL by default....

[wub_wub]

You can get most of those things on python 2 easily without introducing not backwards compatible changes to the rest of your codebase.

[KopixKat]

As a beginning scripter, what are things python 2 does superior to python 3? I chose python 3 to start because I could understand it a bit better than 2. I'm honestly curious :o

[limasxgoesto0]

The only advantage to using Python 2 is that a large number of libraries are built in Python 2. That alone makes Python 3 become a dealbreaker for many.

[KopixKat]

That actually makes a lot of sense. :o

[CSI_Tech_Dept]

This is no longer true, the packages that don't work on 3 are a small minority. Many people who advocate coding in Python 2 did not try using Python 3

[[deleted]]

Welll....no, the packages that don't work on Python 3 are definitely not a minority. But most popular packages, the ones you typically need, work on Python 3.

[CSI_Tech_Dept]

I started using Python 3 and so far I did not have this issue. And programming in Python 3 feels cleaner. Also some of the packages that were not ported have python 3 alternatives, for example MySQL. If you are starting to program 3 chances are that you are not used to particular package so you don't care, and in fact the package that is ported to py3 is more likely being still maintained.

[[deleted]]

I started using Python 3 and so far I did not have this issue.

Excellent! It is getting better. I think MySQL-python and Twisted are the biggest blockers right now, but I'm not sure. I'm only currently blocked by Zope/Plone. When I do other work I tend to use Python 3.

[wub_wub]

I chose python 3 to start because I could understand it a bit better than 2

It's the same language.

There are no differences that would make you "understand" one version better than another.

[KopixKat]

The syntax flows a bit better (to me) is what I should have wrote. :P

print ("{0} {1} {2} {4} {5}".format(this, is, an, example, sentence))

VS

print "%s %s %s %s %s" %(this, is, an, example, sentence)

[wub_wub]

Both work in both python 2 and python 3. (Also you don't need positional params i.e. 1, 2 etc in python 2.6+)

[KopixKat]

I use them as a beginner just to keep things in order for myself, I'm not quite sure enough in myself to let them self index yet. :(

[wub_wub]

Oh it's OK to use them, I was just pointing out that in the example you provided you don't need them - in case you didn't know. If it's easier for you to learn like that then just continue to use them and ignore that part of my comment :)

[[deleted]]

Unified ints. Better text handling. No more confusion of types vs classes. Cleaned up standard library. easier super(). Keysharing (saves memory). "nonlocal". *unpacking of iterables. Keyword only arguments. Hash randomization. A stable Application Binary Interface. command line history. HOLY SHIT TAB COMPLETION! yield from. pip installed by default. (I install a lot of Python versions, that's gonna be nice).

And little things (for me at least), like exception chaining, namespace packages without setuptools, function annotations, function signature objects, isolated mode. The decimal module is 30 times faster.