I agree, I have a friend that is taking a python course at IU. <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 19, 2007 8:27 AM, Robert Freeman-Day <<a href="mailto:presgas@gmail.com">presgas@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave, I believe their non-major programming course is now taught in python, though. <a href="http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a201/" target="_blank"> http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a201/</a> there is also a Grad level non-major class. Robert <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> Dave Cooley wrote: > I'm not a programmer by trade, I'm a sysadmin; that's just a disclosure, > in case it colors my suggestions.  I do, however, work with several > programmers (who are my users). > > I suggest Python.  It's what we mostly use at our software house.  I can > actually understand the programmers' code, which is nice.  It's also a > no-brainer when I need to move websites and/or applications between > Windows and Linux (yeah, I use Ubuntu in our racks) servers.  We use > python because we can produce working (mostly web-based) applications > much faster than our competitors can, whenever our clients ask for > custom applications (which is often). > > Also: > I was speaking with an IU Comp. Sci. prof awhile back (don't remember > his name) who was telling me how much he loves python, but (so far) > hasn't been able to get the university to change to teaching their > first-year CS students python instead of java. > > Cooley > > Dave Cooley > <a href="mailto:dcooley@kiva.net">dcooley@kiva.net</a> > > > > Daniel Dunn wrote: >> In my busy schedule of work, being a father, being a husband, and >> trying to let people know about Ubuntu, I have decided to learn a >> programming language. I learned VB in highschool, and i have dabbled >> with different languages since then, but not hing serious. I was >> wondering from the "Experts" what language would be a good start? I >> would love to give back to the Ubuntu community by helping to code and >> debug projects. I had been thinking about C#, but any recommendations >> would be helpful. >> >> > </div></div>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org" target="_blank"> http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iD8DBQFHQY9Aup357T5MfTYRAllpAKDQmab+3OiQTruZGx8fsKj/I6ppeACZAaDX 2cD3KaBcANagr34ylZtOCcw= =YzZ2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> -- Ubuntu-us-in mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-in@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-in </a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Cheers, Nate Dobbs