[CoLoCo] Noob programing, Python and me (and you too)

[Andrew Barilla]

I personally prefer Python over Ruby, Perl, etc.  I used it for some classes
I took and the pseudocode ended up being longer than the Python code.  Also,
I think Django is one of the best web frameworks around.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm not a fan of python personally, but I've heard great things.  All of
> that said, whatever you do, stick with a scripting language before anything
> else (Perl, Python, Ruby, Etc) so that you don't have to deal with learning
> about compilers, etc.  After that you should move on C - it's definitely the
> basis for learning all/most languages and going from there is ideal.
>
> -David
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Sean Dial <tesseractheart at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hey guys
>> >    I'm interested in learning to program. I'm a fan of open source. I've
>> > never programed in my life. And I'm just doing this for fun and
>> experience.
>> > Knowing all this, a friend of mine suggested I start with Python. Does
>> > anyone have any advice on where to begin?
>>
>> Yes. Try Ruby instead - very clean syntax and sensible object coding.
>> I've programmed in a dozen or more languages for 40 years, and there
>> are still some common Python functions that even I can't grok.
>>
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>>     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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