Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-22 Thread Aziz McTang
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the helpful advice. Downloaded 2.4.1 and already have an inkling of some of the things it can do. Time to start learning! ATB Aziz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:23:27 -0700, James Stroud wrote: By the way, ignore any posts talking about speed of execution. This is generally a non-issue for new programmers. If you want your code to run faster, buy a faster computer. Oooh, red rag to a bull. Not everybody can afford to buy a

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-21 Thread sjmsoft
Aziz McTang wrote: What I'm looking for is more to learn one good, comprehensive programming language well than several approximately on an ad hoc basis. What I also failed to mention is the desire to develop my presently limited computer skills a lot further. I've programmed in perhaps 20

Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread Aziz McTang
Hi Group, I am not an experienced programmer at all. I've learned html and css well enough to hand-write simple websites. I'm now looking to move to the next step. Initially, I'd like to do 3 things: 1) Generate web pages This one's fairly obvious maybe. 2) Create a simplified translation

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread Paul Rubin
Aziz McTang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) Generate web pages This one's fairly obvious maybe. You might find this easier to do with PHP. Python is better in a deep way, but for web pages, that advantage only becomes real when you're doing complicated sites. Simple stuff is easier to do with

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread Aziz McTang
Hi Paul, Thanks for your input. As usual, hearing some answers helps formulate the question... What I'm looking for is more to learn one good, comprehensive programming language well than several approximately on an ad hoc basis. What I also failed to mention is the desire to develop my

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread Harlin Seritt
Aziz McTang wrote: Hi Paul, Thanks for your input. As usual, hearing some answers helps formulate the question... What I'm looking for is more to learn one good, comprehensive programming language well than several approximately on an ad hoc basis. What I also failed to mention is the

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread Paul Watson
Aziz McTang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Paul, Thanks for your input. As usual, hearing some answers helps formulate the question... What I'm looking for is more to learn one good, comprehensive programming language well than several approximately on an ad

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

2005-06-20 Thread James Stroud
Python will help you as a novice for these reasons: 1. Help you to learn programming concepts and develop good habits. 2. Powerful Standard Library to help you do more advanced things. 3. Smooth, shallow learning curve, e.g. hello world is: print Hello World So you can do simple