Python 3 is hardly drastically different from Python 2. The only real pain point is library incompatibilities. Most of the big changes in Python 3 have been bac

Python 3 is hardly drastically different from Python 2. The only real pain point is library incompatibilities. Most of the big changes in Python 3 have been backported to 2 now. Perl is worth studying for any language afficionado but if a friend asked me today which language to begin with I'd strongly recommend Python over Perl.