Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

On Jul 31, 8:32 pm, fprintf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I don't have a specific problem to solve, besides > Pythonchallenge (which I found very cryptic), and Project Euler (which > I found beyond my mathematics skills), is there a place to go for > increasingly difficult problems to solve? I

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A programming language is a tool to solve problems, so first of all: > do you have problems to solve? You can create some visualizations, > some program with GUI, some networked code to download things and > process them, etc. It's surprising how hard is this part. I

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

Tobiah wrote: You may enjoy: http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ It's a blast and a half. To solve the puzzles you have to write python programs that do various things. Thanks for that. I can see that will keep me amused for quote some time. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

On 31 jul, 15:32, fprintf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been playing with computers since I first learned to program > moving shapes on an Atari 800XL in BASIC. After many years of dabbling > in programming languages as a hobbyist (I am not a computer scientist > or other IT professional), I

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

On Jul 31, 1:32 pm, fprintf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been playing with computers since I first learned to program > moving shapes on an Atari 800XL in BASIC. After many years of dabbling > in programming languages as a hobbyist (I am not a computer scientist > or other IT professional),

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

>> Since I don't have a specific problem to solve, besides >> Pythonchallenge (which I found very cryptic), and Project Euler (which >> I found beyond my mathematics skills), is there a place to go for >> increasingly difficult problems to solve? I have followed a number of >> the recommended onli

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

fprintf wrote: I have been playing with computers since I first learned to program moving shapes on an Atari 800XL in BASIC. After many years of dabbling in programming languages as a hobbyist (I am not a computer scientist or other IT professional), I have never found a way to stick with a langu

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

fprintf: > and yet they all end at the point where a person has enough > knowledge of the syntax, but not really enough to do anything. A programming language is a tool to solve problems, so first of all: do you have problems to solve? You can create some visualizations, some program with GUI, som

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

>From this noob's perspective, I'd say take a look at Magnus Lie Hetland's Beginning Pythonbook. It covers the core syntax (which it sounds like you're familiar with already) and then includes a bunch of projects, from text p

Re: Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

On Jul 31, 1:32 pm, fprintf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been playing with computers since I first learned to program > moving shapes on an Atari 800XL in BASIC. After many years of dabbling > in programming languages as a hobbyist (I am not a computer scientist > or other IT professional),

Hobbyist - Python vs. other languages

I have been playing with computers since I first learned to program moving shapes on an Atari 800XL in BASIC. After many years of dabbling in programming languages as a hobbyist (I am not a computer scientist or other IT professional), I have never found a way to stick with a language far enough to