Python is easier to deal with if you have a fundamental understanding of
object oriented programming.  It is based on OOP.  Perl, on the other
hand, is based on the need to extract data and create reports.  I guess
the same statements can be made about C++ vs C.

The bottom line is that the concepts of objects, inheritance,
polymorphism, etc. are a bit much for a newbie to deal with unless that
newbie builds his programming foundation on the OOP concepts.  Absent that
effort to understand OOP, Perl and/or C are much easier to begin
programming with.

These, of course, are just my opinions.

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you
wrote: > Python is probably supported stronger than what you might need it
to be. I'd > recommend Python to start with, especially for a newbie, and
then step up to > the plate w/perl.  >  > ... > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Harrop [mailto:don@nis4u.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 12:40 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: to code or not to code?
> > 
> > 
> > I was wondering if I could get some feedback on some 
> > scripting / programming
> > languages to jump into for a newbie coder.  Perl seems like a 
> > good choice
> > because everybody has it and there's tons of support.  You 
> > can either use it
> > for web page development or linux admin stuff.  I don't know 
> > if you can
> > compile it to a single exacutable under DOS/WIN stuff though. 
> >  That would be
> > cool.  I've listened to a few people on the list talk about 
> > python and it
> > sounds good but it doesn't seem to have the same amount of 
> > support as Perl
> > does.  C++ would be cool but I don't want to have to compile 
> > everything
> > before I can run it.  It might be overkill for a newbie.  :-) 
> >  Links on
> > where to go to learn the code would be nice too...
> > 
> > Don
> > 
> > 
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Jim

Zope is cool!