If you're serious about this being a real introduction for someone who knows nothing, then you might want to start off by explaining what a programming language is (and why there are more than one) and then what a standard library is - perhaps explain it in terms of a large set of tools you can use straight away?
James On 8 Apr 2006 11:53:34 -0700, Clodoaldo Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Salerno wrote: > > Clodoaldo Pinto wrote: > > > > > "Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is > > > used in a wide variety of application domains. Python is often compared > > > to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, Scheme or Java. Some of its key distinguishing > > > features include:..." > > > > I'd be careful with that definition for newbies though. There's nothing > > more frustrating (as a newbie myself) when Python (or anything else) is > > compared to something as a way to explain it, yet I have no idea what > > the other things are either! A programming newbie won't know about, and > > maybe won't even have heard of, those other languages. > > Good point. I used the Python site front page definition without the > object oriented thing. > > Regars, Clodoaldo > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
