python 2 vs python 3

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A good comparison can be found here: https://learntocodewith.me/programming/python/python-2-vs-python-3/

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When to use Python 2?

• To become a DevOps engineer and you need to work with configurations management tools like puppet or ansible. Here, you need to work with both of these versions.
• If your company's code written in Python 2, you will require to learn to work with that
• If your development team is working on a project that depends on specific third-party libraries or software which you are not able to port to Python 3, then Python 2 is the only option available for you.

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Python 3 pros:

• Python 3 supports modern techniques like AI, machine learning, and data science
• Python 3 is supported by a large Python developer's community. Getting support is easy.
• Its easier to learn Python language compared to earlier versions.
• Offers Powerful toolkit and libraries
• Mixable with other languages

[blockchainguyy]

A tabular comparison: https://www.guru99.com/python-2-vs-python-3.html Syntactical comparison: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/important-differences-between-python-2-x-and-python-3-x-with-examples/

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A good blog on static vs dynamic typing & strong vs weak typing: https://www.sitepoint.com/typing-versus-dynamic-typing/

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Porting Python 2 code to python 3: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html