Re: Which python is recommended?

Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
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On 5/21/20 4:24 PM, Heinz Nabielek wrote:
> When starting python, I get the message...
>> python
>>
>> WARNING: Python 2.7 is not recommended.
>> This version is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.
>> Future versions of macOS will not include Python 2.7.
>> Instead, it is recommended that you transition to using 'python3' from within Terminal.
>>
>> Python 2.7.16 (default, Feb 29 2020, 01:55:37)
>> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.29.20) (-macos10.15-objc- on darwin
> 
> fink list python
> 
> offers the lot....
> 
>>       python3                    3.8.0-1             Generic commands to invoke python38
>>       python34                   3.4.10-1            Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python34-shlibs            3.4.10-1            Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python35                   3.5.9-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python35-shlibs            3.5.9-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python36                   3.6.9-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python36-shlibs            3.6.9-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python37                   3.7.5-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python37-shlibs            3.7.5-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
>>       python38                   3.8.0-1             Interpreted, object-oriented language
> 
> What is recommended?
> Heinz

If I was starting from scratch, I would choose python38. It's the latest 
release and will be supported the longest.

Hanspeter


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