Matt, Start with,
http://wiki.python.org/moin/LanguageComparisons <http://wiki.python.org/moin/LanguageComparisons>To allay your initial fears but pay particular attention to Eric Raymond eulogy for Python. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882 <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882>Since 2006 I've converted over a dozen programmers to Python. None of them have ever regretted the move and several now use it as their preferred programming language. I'm a big fan of Django http://www.djangoproject.com/ as a way to leverage Python's power and expressiveness. I would also skip over the standard Python tutorials and instead go straight to http://diveintopython.org/ which is a much more useful introduction to the language. all the best, Joe. On 22 August 2010 17:28, M to the B <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Matt and I've just joined this group. My reason for joining > is that I've a question I'd like to ask Python users and I'm based in > Ireland, so this seems like a reasonable place. I'd like to give a > quick bit of context first, before getting to said question. > > I've been tinkering with computers since I was a kid, and over the > years I've used a fairly wide selection of languages, from assembly to > ML, in different capacities and at different levels of proficiency. > Lately, I've mostly been using Perl at work and while I like Perl for > letting me do what I want and putting bread on the table, I'm very > much aware of its drawbacks. It's also getting a bit long in the > tooth. > As it happens, one of my colleagues -who is probably on this group- is > a Python advocate and has convinced me that Python is the language I > should take up. I've been given useful pointers, I bought a book > but... I still haven't learned a thing about Python because of a > stupid mental block when it comes to the language and its users. I > understand and appreciate that it is wholly irrational and ridiculous > to be afraid of a programming language and therefore I want to ask: > > Has anyone around here overcome similar prejudice before becoming a > Python user? Or maybe in relation to some other language? If so, I'd > like to hear about your experience. > > I wish to assure you I'm not trolling. In my experience, it's not > uncommon for programmers and hackers of various stripes to hold > preconceptions in favour of or against a given language/technology and/ > or its users (would you take up Perl for instance? or FORTRAN?). I'm > hoping that by asking a large enough set of people, I'll come across > folks who have managed to expand their horizons in spite of such > prejudice. > > Thank you, > > - Matt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<pythonireland%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > -- Joe Drumgoole mobile : +353 87 2995547 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
