Python version question

[Becky Yoose]

I've been fielding questions from folks today after the group email. There's one that I'm passing along since I want your thoughts:

"A quick question. My computer already has Python 2.6.5.14 installed. Is that good enough for the class, or do I need to install 2.7?"

What do you folks think?

[Carli Spina]

Hmm...good question. My computer doesn't even have 2.7 installed (I haven't done much with Python in a long time). Are we doing anything that will really require it? I can't think of any reason my part should.

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[Andromeda Yelton]

Oh, hey, this is a good question.

An important point is this is definitely NOT python 3 -- in fact people who have Python 3 installed will get different results when they divide fractions.  I should probably address this in the wrapup.

However, glancing at http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/2.7.html and the Python backwards compatibility policy, I think it's very unlikely that 2.6 would be a problem; the changes between versions look like they're all far enough afield we won't encounter them. --ay

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Becky Yoose <b.y...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Eric Phetteplace]

The Boston Python Workshop wiki mentions "If the Python version number (2.7.1 in the example above) is not a number between 2.4 and 2.7 (ignoring the number after the second dot), tell a staff member." so I'm guessing anything in that range will be fine with the projects we're using. 2.6.x should be OK.

Best,

Eric

[Becky Yoose]

woots. Thanks everyone for the info.