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Upgrading from 2.7 to 3.x

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deuteros

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Apr 25, 2012, 11:08:08 PM4/25/12
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I'm fairly new to Python I have version 2.7 installed on my computer. However
my professor wants us all to use the latest version of Python. How do I go
about upgrading? Do I just install the new version? Do I have to do anything
with the old version already installed?

Kiuhnm

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Apr 26, 2012, 7:37:20 AM4/26/12
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Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3 (the latest versions) can coexist. Just install
Python 3.2.3 in a different directory (python32, for instance).

Python has been "forked" into 2.x and 3.x because some breaking changes
ought to be made to the language in order to improve it and clean it up.

Kiuhnm

Kiuhnm

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Apr 26, 2012, 7:39:16 AM4/26/12
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Sorry: I meant "needed to be made".

Kiuhnm

deuteros

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Apr 26, 2012, 9:02:43 AM4/26/12
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On Thu 26 Apr 2012 07:37:20a, Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> wrote in
news:4f993382$0$1378$4faf...@reader2.news.tin.it:

> Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3 (the latest versions) can coexist. Just install
> Python 3.2.3 in a different directory (python32, for instance).
>
> Python has been "forked" into 2.x and 3.x because some breaking changes
> ought to be made to the language in order to improve it and clean it up.

Okay, thanks.

So how do I tell my IDE (Eclipse with PyDev) which version of Python I
want to use?

Kiuhnm

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Apr 26, 2012, 9:48:27 AM4/26/12
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That's something you can find out by yourself in 5 secs.
Try searching for
eclipse pydev select python
on google.

Kiuhnm
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