What version of Python should I use if I'm a new to Python?

Question

If I\'m absolutely new to Python and am literally reading about printing statements to console, variable types, collections, etc:

What version of Pyth

Answer 1

Python 2.6 (and 2.5, 2.4) are what you will find installed on most machines (Linux) and what you will find most code written in. Therefore I'd start with Python 2.6.