On Jun 5, 3:01 am, Maria R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tend to agree with some earlier poster that if you use Python you > are, in a sense, a programmer :o) >
Yes, in a sense. But, in another sense, that is sort of like saying that people who post on message boards are "writers." I should have been more clear, when I posted "programmers" I meant "professional programmers" i.e. people who develop software applications for a living. I am getting the idea that most python "programmers" use python more like a tool, rather than as their primary specialization. In other words, python is usually not the primary specialization. I think this is different than other languages, such as Java, or even PHP. Few python users are specifically "python programmers" rather, they are data analysts, scientists, etc. who use python in the same way that some might use excel - as a tool. BTW: I am seriously impressed with the stuff that many here are doing with python. And I would like to thank those who responded to my post. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
