Rainer Deyke: > That depends on the language, I think. C++ takes years to learn. > Python took me one month to reach full fluency. There may still be > obscure corners of Python that I haven't explored, but they so obscure > that I'm unlikely to ever encounter them in normal programming. They > don't matter. > > Learning the associated libraries is another matter, but also largely > unnecessary in my opinion. I just program with a reference manual in my > web browser.
This is correct. After a month there are parts of Python that you probably ignore (details about destructor semantics of __del__, metaclasses, how to implement a decorator correctly, and so on an on) but you are able to write acceptable Python code, you probably know more than 60/70% of core Python language. To learn 60% of D2 you probably need quite more than a month. (Still, what has said Walter is generally correct. Programmers try to protect the investment of time and brain energy they have giving to a language). Bye, bearophile
