[TriLUG] Do a lot of you program in Python?

[David Burton]

Over the years I've programmed in dozens of languages. *All* of them have
had design flaws which make me want to bang my head against the wall,
screaming, *"what were they thinking?!?"*

Python isn't perfect, either. Like Mr. McGoo, I'd make a few changes, if I
ran the zoo. But it is easily the best-designed language I've used to date.
That makes programming in Python a lot more *fun* than programming in most
other languages.

Python is clearly crushing Perl for scripting. It is crushing R for
statistical programming, and finally putting Fortran out of its misery for
scientific programming. It's got PHP looking over its shoulder for web
programming. It's displacing Java in the CS classroom. It's pretty clearly
going to be the death of Ruby, too, eventually, I think.

Give it a try!

Dave



On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Joseph S. Tate <dragonstrider at gmail.com>wrote:

> Try Python The Hard Way, or The Koans of Python (GIYF) for a couple of
> different takes on learning Python.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Excellent..  I just joined triPython.  I had no idea the group existed.
> >  I'm fairly new to Python but have been a Perl/Expect junkie for a decade
> > or two.  I've found the python and learnpython subreddit to be helpful
> but
> > I'd like to get in touch with some local Python gurus.
> >
> > Greg
> > Durham, NC
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Hrivnak, Michael <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > Lots of people here, myself included, use python regularly. There is a
> > good
> > > local group called TriPython; its email list is pretty low-traffic,
> but I
> > > have the impression that there are a lot of people watching it and
> ready
> > to
> > > chime in if only someone would start a topic of discussion. Maybe that
> > can
> > > be you!
> > >
> > > http://tripython.org/
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Do a lot of you guys program in Python? I'm starting to focus on
> > > > Python, rather than travelling from language to language to language.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know of a good Python mailing list?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > SteveT
> > > >
> > > > Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
> > > > Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
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