Re: Jython & IronPython Under Active Development?

2004-12-26 Thread HackingYodel
Cameron Laird wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . It should be noted that Jim Hugunin no longer works on Jython although he did start the project (possibly with others, I'm not

Re: Complementary language?

2004-12-26 Thread HackingYodel
Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to investigate all of them as time allows. I must say that Eiffel would most certainly expand my mind. My initial reaction, when looking at a "Hello World!" program, was "No way!". I had just read some of SICP and "Pascal is for building pyramids ­ impos

Complementary language?

2004-12-25 Thread HackingYodel
Hello all! I'm learning to program at home. I can't imagine a better language than Python for this. The ideal situation, for me, would be to study two languages at the same time. Probably sounds crazy, but it works out better for me. Being a newbie, I find almost all languages fascinating.