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Python 2 versus Python 3 - Python Tutorial
From the course: Python for Students
Python 2 versus Python 3
- If you're new to Python and you do a simple Google search, you might see some people talking about Python 2 versus Python 3. I want to take a quick minute to help you understand the history and difference between these versions. First, Python 3 was introduced all the way back in 2008. However, it was a large rewrite of the language that was not backwards-compatible with Python 2. What this means is that programs that were written in Python 2 wouldn't automatically work in Python 3 and upgrading from Python 2 to Python 3 could not be fully automated. This presented some real challenges for programmers. As such, both versions of the Python language have lived for a long time to give developers ample time to upgrade their Python 2 applications to Python 3. Make sure that you download the newest version from the python.org website.
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