Diving into Python
I don’t have many of the same complaints a lot of folks have about Perl. It’s a powerful language that’s simple to use once you have the basics down and is full of shortcuts that allows for a lot of creativity. However, I’ve really wanted to look at Python for a while, largely because it seems more suited for larger projects in an organization with turnover. Is that the case? That’s what I aim to find out. An old Linux Journal article from Eric Raymond is what finally convinced me to sit down and focus on it. Good thing I downloaded Dive into Python months ago when it first got put online, because for some reason I can’t get into the site. Other places to learn are the Python docs site or this nice programming 101 level online book at ibiblio.
Anyway, I’ll post my thoughts as I learn more…