[Tutor] General Programming Question

[Kojo Idrissa]

I'd agree with others; There's no real reason to start looking at other 
languages now unless you actually NEED to know another language.

Are you a casual programmer?  If so, I'd say stick with Python, as it will 
do most of what you'll need to do.

Are you a Comp. Sci. or MIS student/worker (my case...soon to be a CS and 
perhaps an MIS student too...don't ask, I'm just bizzare)?  If so, you may 
want to find out what languages you'll be learning in your courses/need to 
know for work and start looking at those.  In this situation, I'd start by 
translating some of the Python programs you've written into these other 
languages to help you learn them.

Are you facing a situation where you just won't be able to use Python?  My 
ISP only supports Perl as a CGI language, not Python, so I'll have to 
convert at least one of my programs (probably more in the future) from Py 
to Perl.

Again, if you just want to learn other languages, the "translate what I've 
done into Python is a good route.  It let's you build on your prior 
work.  Talk about Code ReUse!!

:-)

At 12:46 PM 6/26/2001 -0400, Anthony Beaman wrote:
>Hi! I've posted before but I'm a complete newbie to programming. I've almost
>completed the "Python in 24 Hours" book and will begin with a new book next.
>My question is when should I begin looking at other languages? Should I move
>on to something like Programming Python or should I begin looking into some
>other language? Thanks!
>
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