On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Anthony Jennings
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Jeff: Where would you (or anyone with the knowledge) recommend starting in
> Python?
>

http://www.python.org/

There are links there to online tutorials, documentation, help on
installation, forums, and community resources.

I also found a local Python User Group and found that immensely helpful in
meeting other people in the community, seeing real Python code in
production, asking lots of questions. And books, I am a avid reader and
pretty much own the entire O'Reilly set of Python books. And Ruby. And XML.
And FoxPro, of course :)


If it can be used as a C replacement, I need to add it to my skill set.
>

There's an old distinction about languages as compiled and interpreted,
which was always fuzzy. Python is often referred to as a 'scripting'
language which is somewhat misleading. It is a "high-enough-performance"
language in many situations. But I would still be inclined to use C for
high-speed, low-resource and other restrictive environments like device
drivers or truly micro-computers.


-- 
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


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