Question

Does any one know, which version of Python should I download for initial practice? And does it cost anything?

Answer 1

http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/python-2.7.2.msi

Version 2.7.2 for Windows 32-bit

It's the barebones one, perfect for absolute beginners. It comes with the IDLE interpreter/REPL that will help you learn quickly.

There are other Python packages out there that come with lots of other neat stuff like numerical computing libraries + symbolic math libraries, gaming libraries, etc, but those are later.

Answer 2

http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/ is one Python package that is tailored for scientific computing.

Answer 3

thanks for your suggestions but i don't think that i can use them all in just one day :)

Answer 4

That's why I would recommend you start with the default CPython, my first link

Answer 5

i've already installed it and it works fine...thanks again.