I vote a strong yes! I went through a MIS major and learned java first. This was a disaster for me typing these long nonsense lines (I didn't understand how classes and their members worked). Next was C and we had to use a command line and notepad to do all our programs. I really didn't learn much. After I graduated a friend told me to try python since I had this "screw programming" attitude. Actually I really did want to program. The fact that I could type one liners in without having to do make files and all that actually made it feasible for me to learn. I learned more from python and the tutorial list than 4 years of college. I really am serious!
I'm going back now and learning C++ and might be able to learn crystal space 3d here before too long. James Carnell Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:11:51 -0700, sturlamolden wrote: > >> Yes. And because Python is a "scripting language" > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list