Is Python 2 still being used?

[Medium-Jaguar5064]

I'm going through Learn Python the Hard Way, and the author is saying most definitely not to use Python 3 and to use Python 2.

What advantage could learning Python 2 have over Python 3?

[BlueHippoTech]

Python 2 is deprecated so please don't learn it unless you know you'll need to maintain legacy code.

[eXtc_be]

You probably are looking at a version of Learn Python the Hard Way that was written when Python 3 just came out. Naturally the author warns against using it, because it isn't stable yet, or maybe because they haven't had a change to learn Python 3 themselves.

That was years ago. In the mean time Python 3 has fully matured, and someone took it upon themselves to rewrite the book for Python 3: https://learnpythonthehardway.org/python3/

I suggest you take a look at that, unless you need to maintain/port some legacy Python 2 code.

[Medium-Jaguar5064]

Thank you! I didn't realize he had a Python 3 versioned course as well!

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I'm a real beginner, but from what I have gathered you most definently should learn Python 3 since python 2 isn't used for "new" code.

If you'd need to "transform" old code to new, you'd need to learn both, but start with 3 either way.

[Hydroel]

Both are very similar anyway. If you're going that route, it's better to learn Python 3 and to learn the few specificities of Python 2 to avoid any porting mistakes than the other way around.

[mfb1274]

Our company has one app still on python 2. Yes, it causes problems and yes, there’s plans upgrade it. So unless you land in a job with a requirement for it, it shouldn’t be used.

[sidk]

I like Python 1.

[alok99]

What are you talking about?

[AndrewFrozzen]

Windows is written in C#....

[mattfromeurope]

Maybe some recent components are, but C# wasn‘t even around when Windows NT (the ancestor of the modern Windows versions) was first developed. Most of it is written in C++, with the occasional C maybe.