wxPython on Debian?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 06:14:58PM -0400, William O'Higgins wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 04:30:18PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> >Good to know that [python] 2.3 and [python] 2.4 are at least compatible 
> >enough that you can just copy it.
> >
> >Any particular reason for wanting 2.4 over 2.3?
> 
> The way I see it, if I'm just learning a new language, but I suspect
> I'll use it in the future, I'll learn the most modern iteration that's
> stable.  The future is where I'll be living the rest of my life, after
> all.  As a counter-example, if I was just learning Perl, I'd learn Perl
> 6, because the adjustment from 5 to 6 is significant.

On the other hand python 2.3.5 is what is the default and supported
version by everything on your system.  Also the python syntax does not
change that often so learning 2.3 should be just fine and you won't have
to make a mess trying to get extensions installed and working.

2.3 is a stable version, 2.4 is for all I know still developing and
might change at times.  I also doubt perl6's syntax is finalized yet
unless they are further along that I think.  No system I have yet seen
runs perl6 as their perl default so learning it is certainly not on my
priority list.

Lennart Sorensen
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