I cut my teeth on Pascal and assembly, but forgot most of that today. Python is very fun, It's a new language for me. Do you do any of the <a href="http://www.google.co.za/search?q=beginner+programming+challenge+site%3Aubuntuforums.org">beginner programming challenges </a>on UF? :)<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Bill Cairns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cairnsww@gmail.com">cairnsww@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Soren Aalto <<a href="mailto:soren.aalto@gmail.com">soren.aalto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > I was talking to an AV tech at one of our functions who<br> > said he had an "IT background...he learned Cobol programming!"<br> > Hmmm...that must make you almost as old as *me*.<br> <br> </div>Ja well no fine - I resisted learning Cobol until 1972. Was never<br> happy programming again until I learned Pascal - which i still think<br> is the most perfect of all programming languages - although I am<br> having fun with Python....<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div>