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fstephens

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Posted: Nov. 10 2005,18:09

Python is generally considered a very good language to learn with. It has a very clear, clean syntax, so it is easy to read. Also very powerfull and has lots of modules to add functionallity.
Don't let the fact that it is a "scripting language" put you off - it is used to create some very large programs! Debuging is also lots easier than a compiled language. You can run commands right inside the interpreter for testing too. The consenses is that it is 2-10 times faster to program in than C/C++.

There are many tutorials too. Try http://www.byteofpython.info/ for a good introduction.

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Posted: Nov. 20 2005,05:36

Thanks for the input. I've done some reserch and desided to start with Perl, as I'm looking for something smaller to start with. I will certinly look into C\C++ and Python when I've gained a good knowledge of Perl.

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