Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-06 Thread Alan Gauld
"Wayne Werner" wrote One of Perl's philosophies is that there are more than one way to do one thing. Python's philosophy is that there really should be one obvious way of doing something. And from my minimal experience with reading Perl code (and a few modifications) and decent experience rea

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-06 Thread Wayne Werner
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM, wrote: > Is Python easier to learn that Perl? When we get new developers into > our group, the new developer will need to get up to speed on the tools > in our arsenal. > I haven't had any experience with teaching myself Perl, but I would say yes based on what I d

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-04 Thread skrabbit
- Original Message - From: "Alan Gauld" To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2009 3:07:06 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python at my work Playing Devil's Advocate here... wrote > - Clean easy to read syntax > - Easy to l

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread Alan Gauld
Playing Devil's Advocate here... wrote - Clean easy to read syntax - Easy to learn But if the rest already know Perl that's not such a compelling argument. - Object Oriented as needed - Large community Yep, Perl does that too. - Multi-platform Yep, Perl too. - Fits in your head

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread bob gailer
skrab...@comcast.net wrote: My dept at work is reviewing all the different programming languages that we use and Python is kind of on the chopping block because I'm the only one using it so far. Basically, it would mean that no new development would be done in Python. If most of the developers

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread Stefan Behnel
skrab...@comcast.net, 03.12.2009 18:46: > My dept at work is reviewing all the different programming languages > that we use and Python is kind of on the chopping block because I'm > the only one using it so far. Basically, it would mean that no new > development would be done in Python. > > What

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread Kent Johnson
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:46 PM, wrote: > What I need to do is show that Python is a good tool and it should be > in our toolbox. The other language that would be used instead of > Python is Perl. Perl is currently used more in our dept. I can't say > I'm a big fan of Perl, but I'll use if I hav

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread Eric Pavey
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Steve Bricker wrote: > We have Python applications for work with testing reports printed to PDF > files. Don't know if you have that needed. > > Steve Bricker > Now blogging at srbricker.blogspot.com > > On Thu 09/12/03 11:46 , skrab...@comcast.net sent: > > My de

Re: [Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread Steve Bricker
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }We have Python applications for work with testing reports printed to PDF files. Don't know if you have that needed. Steve Bricker Now blogging at srbricker.blogspot.com On Thu 09/12/03 11:46 , skrab...@comcast.net sent: My de

[Tutor] Python at my work

2009-12-03 Thread skrabbit
My dept at work is reviewing all the different programming languages that we use and Python is kind of on the chopping block because I'm the only one using it so far. Basically, it would mean that no new development would be done in Python. What I need to do is show that Python is a good tool and