Dive Into Python 3 now finished and downloadable as HTML and PDF

http://diveintopython3.org/?dupe=withhonor

by srid • 17 years ago

121 19 17 years ago

diveintopython3.org

forsaken• 17 years ago

Thanks Mark!

juvenn3• 17 years ago

I followed a lot of diveinto series by Mark, so, Thank you!

pmorici• 17 years ago

The footnote is funny,

"""

This site is optimized for Lynx just because fuck you.

I’m told it also looks good in graphical browsers.

"""

juvenn3• 17 years ago

Yeh, it confused me too.

One day, I asked diveintomark on twitter:

  Why there's an unpleasant 'fuck you'?

and get the reply from Mark: http://twitter.com/diveintomark/statuses/1914075749

Now I'm just wondering, has Mark been greatly annoyed by the Internet Censorship?

jibiki• 17 years ago

That's a really funny reply. I suggest Mark try "^__^ fuck you ^__^"

pizza2• 17 years ago

Yes! Now, only the small matter that more than 9/10 modules will break under python 3, but hey, at least now we have a finished Dive Into Python 3!

tsally• 17 years ago

Nothing is stopping you from using Python 2.x. Writing a new version of a language is never intended to be backwards compatible. Indeed, breaking backwards compatibility is essentially a perquisite because a new version is the opportunity to add all the useful features that couldn't be added before.

andreyf• 17 years ago

That doesn't seem completely true. I could imagine default language syntax changing from one version to another, but still being modifiable via "from __future__ import ..." or "from __past__ import ...", respectively. Unless the bytecodes of the VM are incompatible (which is possible), there isn't any reason py26 code can't talk to py30 code...

mapleoin• 17 years ago

So go port them!

njharman• 17 years ago

Two types:

1) People worth paying attention to.

2) Whiny bitches.

pizza2• 17 years ago

I wasn't being sarcastic... I actually like this

yop2• 17 years ago

"Also available in dead trees" for the print edition. Can't stop laughing.

mahmud2• 17 years ago

"dead trees", that's a very common expression; why would you find it funny?

yop2• 17 years ago

Because I hadn't heard/read it before.

chasingsparks• 17 years ago

Hacker News continues to keep me informed. I was just looking two or three weeks ago for a refresher course on Python and found everything outdated. Stellar.

timwiseman• 17 years ago

Über-geeks can also clone the Mercurial repository:

you@localhost:~$ hg clone http://hg.diveintopython3.org/ diveintopython3

I know I'm a DBA, but I think this is the first time I've qualified as an Uber-geek.

ludwig• 17 years ago

Why is the section "What's New in Python 3" the last section?

Dive Into Python 3 now finished and downloadable as HTML and PDF

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