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-A ProgrammingLanguage.
+A ProgrammingLanguage possibly best described as "the other scripting language". It forces cleaner style than its begrudged older brother [Perl] allows as the lowest common denominator
.
-Python
is "the other scripting
language"
. It is more elegant
and better suited to larger projects than its sibling
[Perl
].
+This
is a good
language to learn if you only program occasionally out of necessity
. (E.g. if you are a WebMonkey who needs do odd things with text, [XML]
and structured data every now and then.) Those who like it find
[Python
] code unusually easy to read, which is good if you are returning to a script you wrote 3 months ago; and it has a very complete standard library, so you don't have to start from scratch when working on common tasks
.
-Check
it out at http://www.python.org and also
the Python Wiki http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/
.
+It is rather unusual in that indentation (leading whitespace on a line) is the only means of syntactical scoping. Not everyone appreciates this dictatorship, though
it does force people to do what many seem not to have
the discipline for in [Perl]
.
-The import script for
the wiki was written
in python, have a look (at my appauling code)
: http://coders
.meta
.net
.nz
/conv
.py
+ Python's syntax succeeds in combining
the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not contrue that as progress.
+ %%% --LarryWall
in [20040512161005.GB3902@wall.org | http
://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/17380] (also, see [20040512155636.GA3902@wall.org |
http://www
.nntp
.perl
.org
/group/perl
.perl6.language/17379])
-''Note
also his "appauling" spelling! ;)
-- GreigMcGill''
+See
also:
+* [Python homepage | http://www.python.org]
+* [Python Wiki | http://www.python.org/cgi
-bin/moinmoin/]
-''Dammit, Greig! I'm a programming, not a dictionary
-- PerryLorier''
+----
-''
Was that irony? ;) -- GreigMcGill''
+The import script for the wiki was written in [Python], [have a look at my appauling code | http://coders.meta.net.nz/conv.py].
+
+ Note also his "appauling" spelling! ;) -- GreigMcGill
+
+ Dammit, Greig! I
'm a programming, not a dictionary -- PerryLorier
+
+
Was that irony? ;) -- GreigMcGill
+
+-----
+CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryVeryHighLevelProgrammingLanguages
