On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Ryan Ware wrote: > I am interested in eventually learning one or both and would like to hear of > any personal experience with either on, or where you think it shines or > doesn't. Well I don't know Perl, but I have some Python experience and I can recommend it highly. It's outstanding as a teaching language, but has the capability to go way beyond that purpose. We're proposing an intro to comp. programming course at Sibley for next fall and I'll teach Python if we can make it go. Another reason I use Python is because I also develop Web apps using Zope. Zope is written mostly in Python and knowing Python really helps you grok Zope. The syntax is very clean. Many people consider "executable pseudocode." Other ubergeeks like esr have also taken strongly to Python. OTOH, Perl is no doubt cool and I'm sure you wouldn't suffer by learning it. As a starter, however, I'd go with Python. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org