Installing Python and Setuptools
Python comes in two versions: Python v2.x and Python v3.x. (Here, x represents an appropriate version number.) While Python v2.x is a legacy branch and has better library support, Python v3.x is the future of Python. Most Linux distributions and Mac OS X operating systems are equipped with Python, and they have v2.x as their preferred and default version of Python. We will be using Python v2.7 as the default version of Python for the rest of the book due to the following reasons:
- It is the most current version of the Python v2.x branch
- It has large community support and solutions for its known issues are available through support forums
- It is supported by most of the major Python libraries
Even though the code samples, ...
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