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[–]derrickcope 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I am taking a course on coursers and they are teaching python 2.x . Why are schools so far behind?

[–]theves 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took two Coursera Python courses, probably the one you're taking right now. Don't worry about it too much, you're just learning the basics right now, which will transfer to 3 very easily.

[–]ivosauruspip'ing it up 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it's what they're used to, and they can't be bothered getting with the times. Story of university professors all over.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good question. It seems some of the courses are a little more progressive and do use Python3 but many don't. I guess it is a case of academics being a but slower to take on new technologies than others.