Maybe we should ask WHY the person asking the question about how to learn a computer language called Python is pairing it with the idea of whether to also learn C.
What are they preparing for? Most people using Python have absolutely no reason to learn C, or C++ or C# or JAVA or one of a bewildering number of other languages. They may end up using functions that unknown to them have been partially implemented using libraries created in C or other languages but so what? They never see that except if they want to look at source code. So are they looking for a job that will require not just Python but also C? If anything, it is an impediment for many people to learn two rather different languages at about the same time as many things are very different and lessons in one often do not carry over well to the other. As examples, C uses braces to group things and Python uses indentation and C tends to need things like data types spelled out and Python mostly does not care what type it is. Now if a question is asked about how to learn a relatively few languages with different paradigms that represent an assortment of ways to think about and solve problems, sure, C might take a slot. But arguably you may want something more modern that is somewhat descended from C as a compiled language. If your goal is to use Python in ways it is designed to be used, learning C first may spoil your thinking and you may implement algorithms in Python that loosely translate the way it is done in C but can be done much nicer using Python costructs. -----Original Message----- From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+avi.e.gross=gmail....@python.org> On Behalf Of Meredith Montgomery Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 3:35 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Question about learning Python Maruful Islam <maruf.g...@gmail.com> writes: > I want to start learning python. I have a question about learning python. > > Is learning C essential or not for learning python? Surely not necessary. There's a generous recent thread about books on Python. Have a look at it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
