TFIA Consulting, Inc. wrote: > Hi. I am doing some work for a company that uses Python for their > application. > I have never used Python before, but I have programmed for over 35 > years, maybe 12 languages including 4 assembly level. > Your site says it should take just a "few days" to learn Python, so I > told these folks to give me 12 days in case I was stupider than average. > > My question is : Who is right? A 'few days', or going thru the docs > below? (which seems a *bit* more complex than that).
The docs you quote have little to do with learning Python the language. They are instructions for *building* an application that "makes heavy use of Python extensions" and which, apparently, is a bit tricky to build correctly under Windows. > Is this *REALLY* a "few days" task to learn? Maybe. I wouldn't count on it. > Would *you* agree to > guarantee coming up to speed in a few days @ no charge? I might agree to spend a few days learning the *language* at no charge. I don't think I would agree to learn how to build their application at no charge. What if it was a language you know, perhaps C, and they wanted you to figure out how to build it on your own time? Doesn't seem reasonable to me. > Here is their documentation on compiling : From here: https://develop.participatoryculture.org/trac/democracy/wiki/WindowsBuildDocs Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
