Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-27 Thread Peter Hansen
Tim Roberts wrote: That is truly wonderous. Are you famliar with the phrase "jumping the shark"? This chart might prove that, with Perl 6, Perl has now "jumped the shark". For those of us who maybe don't spend enough time watching TV: http://www.wordspy.com/words/jumptheshark.asp -Peter -- http:/

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-26 Thread Tim Roberts
Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have had a similar experience. Actually it was Perl 6, and and >particular this chart > > http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/blog/code/PeriodicTable.html > >that made me think that Perl was leaving the rails, and it was time to >jump ship (to mix my met

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-26 Thread John Bokma
Miguel Manso wrote: > What I would like to know is if anyone had these problems and if you can > share that experience with me. I'm trying to minimize my "frustration" :) Read the Python tutorial, front to back, 2 times. Next, read Dive into Python (free e-book) front to back, 2 times, make not

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-25 Thread Daniel Dittmar
Miguel Manso wrote: I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named parameters to functions, and simple things like that. Create a cheat sheet w

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-25 Thread Gurpreet Sachdeva
I also coded for more than 3 years and eventually I got that I was not coding but writting poems in perl... Even after 3 months, I go back and check my hand written code, I had to think twice about the logic used... Now its pretty much systematic which incode dcoumentation and programming structure

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-25 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Miguel Manso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a programmer with 5 year of experience into Perl. I'm on that point > where you resolve problems without thinking on HOW you'll do it with > that language but only on the problem itself. > > Since Perl 6 started I've been following it. The conclu

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Steve Holden
Miguel Manso wrote: Mike Meyer wrote: Miguel Manso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named parameters to fun

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Ivan Voras
Mage wrote: foo = dict() or: foo = {} -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Miguel Manso
Mike Meyer wrote: Miguel Manso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named parameters to function

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Mike Meyer
Miguel Manso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I > get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a > list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named > parameters to functions, and simple things like t

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Miguel Manso wrote: > I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I > get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a list, http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html#SECTION00620 > declare an associative array, http://docs.python.org/tut/n

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Mage
Miguel Manso wrote: > > > I've tryed to use python some times but I get frustrated very quick. I > get myself many times needing to figure out how to loop through a > list, declare an associative array, checking how to pass named > parameters to functions, and simple things like that. list = [3,5

Re: Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Michael Soulier
On 4/24/05, Miguel Manso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a programmer with 5 year of experience into Perl. I'm on that point > where you resolve problems without thinking on HOW you'll do it with > that language but only on the problem itself. I code in perl and C all day. Python is a very nice e

Getting into Python, comming from Perl.

2005-04-24 Thread Miguel Manso
Hi, list. I'm into a psicological doubt that I would like to share with you (you'll know why later on this mail). I'm a programmer with 5 year of experience into Perl. I'm on that point where you resolve problems without thinking on HOW you'll do it with that language but only on the problem it