[ale] Programming Question - Where to Start

[Fulton Green]

I'll nth the Python endorsement. Naturally, I've never developed with it. :)
But I have seen enough code snippets to know that it seems to have a good
consistent structure, and therefore slightly better in the way of teaching
general programming concepts than Perl. 'course, it could be argued that
Perl is considerably more fun. :)

Soon, though, it may not matter: the Parrot project is aiming to be a
"virtual machine" of sorts for the upcoming Perl 6, and interoperability
with Python modules (and possibly those of other scripted langs such as
Tcl/Tk) is a stated goal of Parrot. And yes, it's related to (though not the
same as) the O'Reilly April Fools' joke.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 10:10:00AM -0400, Byron A Jeff wrote:
> > So, my question is, where shouod I start?  Is there a good book for absolute
> > beginners, that won't assume that I know a bunch of stuff that I don't?
> > Should I take a class?  Both?  I was planning on finding a good book for
> > beginners, worky my way through that, then once I know enough to be
> > dangerous, see if I can find a class.
> 
> Take a look at Python. It's simple, straightforward, and highly structured.
> It's a good first language. And a powerful everyday language.

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