Clarify phrasing that explains that there are currently two branches.

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R. David Murray 2009-12-14 02:50:32 +00:00
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@ -310,11 +310,11 @@ guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix
releases.
The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page
<http://python.org/download/>`_. They are recommended production-ready version
at this point in time. At the moment, there are two branches of stable
releases: 2.x and 3.x. Python 3.x may be less useful than 2.x, since currently
there is more third party software available for Python 2 than for Python 3.
Python 2 code will generally not run unchanged in Python 3.
<http://python.org/download/>`_. There are two recommended production-ready
versions at this point in time, because at the moment there are two branches of
stable releases: 2.x and 3.x. Python 3.x may be less useful than 2.x, since
currently there is more third party software available for Python 2 than for
Python 3. Python 2 code will generally not run unchanged in Python 3.
How many people are using Python?