In article <a3ab950d-5eae-449d-bbfb-9c0d17f40...@j9g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, sato.ph...@gmail.com <sato.ph...@gmail.com> wrote: > >What do I want to learn Python for? > >Again, pardon me for my lack of relevant information. I am also a >journalist (an out of work one at the moment, like so many others) and >I feel that learning python could be useful for computer assisted >reporting, that is, utilizing databases, creating interactive maps and >the like.
You're absolutely right! You're also not the first person to have that realization: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902202,00.html http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/060605niles/ http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/admissions/page.aspx?id=58645 (Probably you already knew this, but I'm posting for other people.) -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "as long as we like the same operating system, things are cool." --piranha -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
