Re: Anyone recommend a good book for learning python? (probably on windows)

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 2:46 PM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Given those things, any Python code you write for the i (at least for
quite a while) will be run using iSeriesPython. And that is an
implementation of Python 2.7, with little or no prospect of ever
having a 3.x version.

Well except for the part about them already delivering Python 3.0 today. :-)
5733-OPS Option 2. Just install it, it's FREE!!!

Larry, this is the thing that I think you and Rob and some of the
other regulars seem to always dismiss:

In the real world, there are some shops that *for whatever reason* are
on old versions of the operating system. Unsupported, yes. Expensive
to maintain, so why not just get the new one already and even SAVE
money by doing so? Yes, yes, yes, of course. Yes to everything.

But you know what? That doesn't change the fact that some shops are
STILL on old versions. For them, "simply installing 5733-OPS" entails
a full OS migration. The reality on the ground is: It's not always a
trivial thing to "just install it, it's free!".

Even when you have the right operating system, installing 5733-OPS is
not always a trivial thing. Did you read Rob's account of his
experience? Yes, he wound up probably updating/installing some stuff
that he didn't strictly need to, greatly prolonging the process. But
it was anything but trivial, and if Rob can have that kind of long,
tedious, confusing experience, then surely anyone else can too.

John Y.