Alex Martelli wrote: > Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > im new to python i just have a few questions and was wondering if > > you could help me?? > > > > 1. what programming langaugue does python use? or which is most popular? > > Python _is_ a programming language, so your question is not clear. If > you're asking what languages are used to implement Python, that's C (for > the mainstream version), Java (for Jython), C# (for IronPython), and > Python itself (for PyPy). > > > 2. Does anyone know where i could get hold of practice code > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/ -- but much of it may > be a bit advanced for a beginner. > > > 3. Any good ebooks or links to start with. (according to the web this is the > > best place to start.) > > http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide lists many. > > > i know you probally get asked these questions all the time! but im trying to > > mirgrate for windows to linux. > > Python runs on Windows, Linux, Mac (where it comes with the OS, but then > that's also true of many Linux distros), and elsewhere. > > > Alex
Just so you can grasp what this means (because C++ also has Windows, Linux and Mac implementation...), the SAME Python source code, including GUI parts (Tkinter*, in my case) run directly in all of them. *it's plain jane GUI, it doesn't do Aqua! jean-marc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list