Yes, I konw what you mean. And thats the right way to do it - for beginners. --But not for someone who allready know programmings things for many years.
They ask themself: How can I do this in Python? I can remember, it was that-way with Perl or C or C++ or whatever. So, not only a ververter can be useful, also a translation table. (Maybe just a table for print out.) LangX <-> LangY Matimus wrote: > I don't know of a converter, one may exist. I have seen similar > requests though and will give you a similar response to what I have > seen. A converter, if it exists, may be able to produce working code > but _not_ readable code. Python is a language whose strength comes > from, among other things, its readability and conventions. Learning > python is best done by using the online documentation > (http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html) and reading existing code (take a > look at the built in modules). > > My biggest fear of teaching someone to program by using a program to > convert perl to python is that they will end up writing python that > still looks like perl. > > I don't know if it helps, but I know others will give you similar > advice. > > -Matt > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
