John Salerno wrote:
Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's
value in learning anything at any time, but for somethin
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> OTOH: do you plan to do any programming at all, in your
> life? If yes: consider using Python for every programming
> task you'll encounter
Yeah, I do plan to use it for fun (if I can think of little projects to
work on!), and Python is definitely the only language I care
notbob wrote:
> On 2008-05-12, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> language, I can't help but feel that I will be mostly unable to use what I
>> learn simply because I have no reason to use it.
>
>> The *process* of learning is enough fun for me, and every now and then I do
>> find a sm
Matthew Woodcraft wrote:
> I can't tell from what you wrote whether you feel you won't have any
> reason to do any programming, or whether you already know several other
> programming languages and you feel you won't have any reason to use
> Python in particular.
Definitely the former. I've loved
On May 13, 5:50 am, JustMe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm in the same boat. My work seems fixated with .Net but IMHO I think
> they would be better off going with Python. Still, who am I to stand
> in the way of hundreds of .Net programmers.
You could always be the hero who teaches them IronPyth
Anyway, Chuck's post doesn't question any of the competencies of
computer science. Is it safe to name-call silly, or have -I- by
disdesign misinterpreted?
On May 12, 6:41 pm, "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'm another one pretty early in his programming education, but here's my tak
I'm another one pretty early in his programming education, but here's my take.
Python was specifically recommended to me by a few people for a
specific program I wanted to write (userspace, GUI, music). While I
gradually learn more about it, I start to spend a lot of time on
certain aspects I don'
On May 12, 1:27 pm, "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
> Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
> don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's
> value in l
Same for me here too! C# on the work, Python earning at the evening. I
am bored to death with so many .net/C# years and i wanted to learn
something different and cross platform. I think it will pay back some
time...
On May 12, 10:50 pm, JustMe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12 May, 20:02, Mensana
John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
> Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
> don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's
> value in learning anything at
On 12 May, 20:02, Mensanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 12, 12:27 pm, "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
> > Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
> > don't need to for sc
2008/5/12 Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> For windows/unix hosted user-space applications, Python is
> pretty hard to beat.
Apparently, pythons _can_ be beat: (warning: graphic)
http://www.proexotics.com/graphics/ball_python_live_prey_1.jpg
Dotan Cohen
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On May 12, 12:27 pm, "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
> Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
> don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's
> value in
On May 12, 12:27 pm, "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The *process* of learning is enough fun for me, and every now and then I do
> find a small use for Python that really pays off, but for the most part I'm
> wondering what people's thoughts are as far as simply learning it for the
> s
On 2008-05-12, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> language, I can't help but feel that I will be mostly unable to use what I
> learn simply because I have no reason to use it.
> The *process* of learning is enough fun for me, and every now and then I do
> find a small use for Python that
On 2008-05-12, Martin v. L?wis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OTOH: do you plan to do any programming at all, in your
> life? If yes: consider using Python for every programming
> task you'll encounter - unless there are outside constraints
> demanding a different language. Python is flexible enough
> Hopefully this question even makes sense!
I completely agree that you don't need to spend time on
learning a language if you don't plan on using it; I'll
leave alone the entire discussion of doing things for fun
only (you don't *need* to eat ice cream, either - right?)
OTOH: do you plan to do
Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning
Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you
don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's
value in learning anything at any time, but for something like a programming
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