Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-10 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >With Python, you can program with a smile on your face. +1 QOTW >(Truly, when I found Python, programming became fun again.) "Again"? Looking back over the years, after I learned Python I realized that I never really

RE: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-09 Thread Sells, Fred
write working programs > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:25 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Newbie to python --- why should i learn ! > > > Hi, > > i was reading/learning s

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-09 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
I sincerely think that most languages in existence today have its place. Java has some great libraries and programs that were written in it. Try writing an Eclipse clone in Python, I don't think it would go well. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM, hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 8, 7:2

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-09 Thread hdante
On May 8, 7:25 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except > syntax) ? All the languages have similar "power", in a theoretical sense. If you can solve

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-09 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
pistacchio a écrit : (snip) Technically speaking, it (Python) is not, for example, strongly typed, You're confusing "strong" typing with static typing. Somewhat orthogonal issues. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-09 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi, i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. Err... You saw a Python helloworld and a Java helloworld and you found them "very similar" ??? What's different (except syntax) ? dynamism (and not only w

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
pistacchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ocalm forces you to di OOP Ocaml *allows* you to do OOP. It's very much an optional feature of the language, just like for Python. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 6:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except > syntax) ? > > what can i do easily with python which is not easy in c++/java !? >

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Gary Herron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except syntax) ? what can i do easily with python which is not easy in c++/java !? With Python, you can program with a smile on your face. (Tr

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 08 May 2008 15:49:01 +0200, pistacchio wrote: > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch ha scritto: >> On Thu, 08 May 2008 04:17:01 -0700, s0suk3 wrote: >> >>> Are you a newbie to Python, or to programming in general? I'll assume >>> you are a newbie to programming in general because of that last >>> qu

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread pistacchio
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch ha scritto: On Thu, 08 May 2008 04:17:01 -0700, s0suk3 wrote: Are you a newbie to Python, or to programming in general? I'll assume you are a newbie to programming in general because of that last question you asked. Things in Python are easier than in almost any other p

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 08 May 2008 04:17:01 -0700, s0suk3 wrote: > Are you a newbie to Python, or to programming in general? I'll assume > you are a newbie to programming in general because of that last > question you asked. Things in Python are easier than in almost any > other programming language. Here are th

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Eduardo O. Padoan
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 7:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except > syntax) ? > > what can i do easily with python which is not easy in c++/java !

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Krishnakant Mane
hello, I have programmed co insidentally in all the 3 languages. so out of my experience of 10 + years, I got my personal share of reasons to prefer python over the other 2 namely c++ and java. firstly as every one has already explained, python is easy, fun to learn and can do many things much prod

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread cokofreedom
C# using System; namespace HelloWorld { Class HelloWorld { static void Main(String[] args) { Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); } } } -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RE: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Jordaan
pls dont learn it Move on The world is full enough of 9 to 5 coders Mark> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 03:25:17 -0700> To: python-list@python.org> > Hi,> > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python.> I th

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread maxinbjohn
Hi Raxit, One of the the tempting features of Python is that it is fun to code in Python. If you are really trying to learn python, you should read Adventures with Neko (http://gnuvision.com/books/pybook/) . It is an introductory book on Python programming for school children by Mr. Pramode CE. I

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread pistacchio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hi, i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except syntax) ? well, it's similar in the sense that it is a programming language. So you can say that assembly is similar to BASIC, but t

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread s0suk3
On May 8, 5:25 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except > syntax) ? > > what can i do easily with python which is not easy in c++/java !? > Are you a

Re: Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

2008-05-08 Thread A.T.Hofkamp
On 2008-05-08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python. > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except > syntax) ? Yes, and all programs that people write typically look like the hello world program. Loo