On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Gopinath R <gopiindia...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> It is my pleasure finding this mailing list. I am a Open Source guy. but not >> an expert. I m strong in Shell Scripting. I need to learn one more open >> source language for excellent job opportunities. >> >> I am bit confused in choosing it. I need your suggestions >> >> i should go for PERL or PYTHON. Which one is powerful and will give you more >> job opportunities? > > Job opportunities? I expect Java, C++ or C# rather than Perl/Python. > > Languages should be seen as tools to solve problems and not as career > decisions. > > Perl and Python shine in different domains and have different > applications (although there is some overlap). > >
Given the OP: PERL or PYTHON. Which one I would say Python. I would also recommend first learning the basic syntax, up to list comprehensions, exceptions and classes. (lamda, decorators and metaclasses can come later.) once you know the basic syntax, pick some specialty/project: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net http://carlfk.blip.tv/file/2557425 plotting library http://www.djangoproject.com/ web framework http://www.reportlab.org/ PDF library Something that interests you - get involved. great way to learn the language and a project. -- Carl K _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
