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Python is indeed an exciting and powerful language. It has the right combination of performance and features that make writing programs in Python both fun and easy.
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+## Python 3
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+You can ignore this section if you're not interested in the difference between Python 2 and Python 3. But please do be aware of which version you are using.
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+This book was rewritten in 2008 for Python 3. This had resulted in confusion for readers who would try to use Python 2 with the Python 3 version of the book and vice-versa. And slowly, the world is still migrating to Python 3 but that is still a few years away.
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+In 2012, I have begun migrating this book back to Python 2 but with an eye on making the reader write in a Python 3-friendly manner.
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+For details on how to migrate from Python 2 to Python 3, see the [Python/3 page on the Ubuntu wiki](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3).
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## Why not Perl?
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If you didn't know already, Perl is another extremely popular open source interpreted programming language.
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Swaroop C H