Hi Lisa, > I hear that Python is one of the easiest languages to learn. It is > easier than PHP or Pearl? Most people think so, though personal experiences can vary. I played around wit hPerl for some time but never got really far. Python, on the other hand, attracted me from the first minute. Donīt be fooled: Learning and mastering Python requires work and brains, but that is the price you have to pay anyways. It helps you to develop at your personal pace from beginner to advanced, and it does so without throwing completely new constructs in your brain every day. It comes bundled with some built-in tools for writing, editing and running programs, good and user-friendly documentation (which appears to be better organized than Perlīs doc), and a lot of built-in functions to handle data structures and files in an easily tractable, easily remembered way. By learning Python, you will also learn some advanced concepts (if you want) that could help you to understand the basics of more advanced languages like C++ and Java. Combine that with fine community support and a lot of free third-party modules (you wonīt need all of them on your first day, but it is nice to know that they are out there), and I would say that you have all you need in the best way you can get to start your programming career.
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