to code or not to code?

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Jim wrote:

> 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.
>

Of course, you don't HAVE to use OOP to use Python. In fact, most of the
Python scripts I hack together don't use any of Python's OOP abilities.
OOP is totally optional. I started programming with C, then went to
Python, then went to C++, then went to Bash, and now I'm trying to learn
Perl. I'd have to say that I use Python about 95% of the time. It does
everything, and it's also the easiest to use (save maybe Bash).

> 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!
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