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| author | Matei Zaharia <matei@databricks.com> | 2014-01-15 14:20:39 -0800 |
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| committer | Matei Zaharia <matei@databricks.com> | 2014-01-15 14:20:39 -0800 |
| commit | 2ffdaefbcb7a3471c548c0584003c9cbffa1d625 (patch) | |
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Clarify that Python 2.7 is only needed for MLlib
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diff --git a/docs/python-programming-guide.md b/docs/python-programming-guide.md index b07899c2e1..7c5283fb0b 100644 --- a/docs/python-programming-guide.md +++ b/docs/python-programming-guide.md @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ In addition, PySpark fully supports interactive use---simply run `./bin/pyspark` # Installing and Configuring PySpark -PySpark requires Python 2.7 or higher. +PySpark requires Python 2.6 or higher. PySpark applications are executed using a standard CPython interpreter in order to support Python modules that use C extensions. We have not tested PySpark with Python 3 or with alternative Python interpreters, such as [PyPy](http://pypy.org/) or [Jython](http://www.jython.org/). @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Many of the methods also contain [doctests](http://docs.python.org/2/library/doc # Libraries [MLlib](mllib-guide.html) is also available in PySpark. To use it, you'll need -[NumPy](http://www.numpy.org) version 1.7 or newer. The [MLlib guide](mllib-guide.html) contains +[NumPy](http://www.numpy.org) version 1.7 or newer, and Python 2.7. The [MLlib guide](mllib-guide.html) contains some example applications. # Where to Go from Here |