On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 5:59 AM, iko...@gmail.com <iko...@gmail.com> wrote: > You'll learn Python quickly enough anyhow. Python is not very hard.
I generally pick up new programming languages pretty quickly. I started my (working) life as a compiler writer and spent three years prior doing research into functional language design and implementation back in the early/mid-80's. My point was that they had a requirement for Python programmers - not someone who could learn Python on the job. It's rare that you get hired, not knowing a company's primary language, and be expected to learn it quickly enough to be productive. I've dabbled with Python but certainly not enough to put it on my resume. It's an OK language but not one that excited me so the situation really was hypothetical - much as I'd like to work with my former boss again, I'm not sure I'd want to be working in Python day in, day out. Languages are very subjective and, of course, preferences can change over time. After my FP work in the 80's, I became a fairly hardcore C programmer, then moved to C++ in '92, then jumped to Java in '97. I nearly took a full-time role doing Prolog in the mid-90's (the company structure sucked but the technology was very appealing). Over the last five years there have been a lot more languages to play with - which I like - but for me, everything has to interop. I may go back and investigate Jython at some point but don't have a use case right now. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
