python is hard to learn without c

[Jin]

thanks much for all the input.

i have no doubt that C++ is far more complex and complicated.  you guys are
probably right that Python is a much easier language but i picked a bad book
(for me) to start with.

will look for the 24hour book.

but i think the reason the C++ book is working so well for me is that it
assumes nothing about prior knowledge in an OO language because C++ is the
base upon which everything else is built.  the book realizes this and so all
such concepts are explained in detail from scratch.

the learning python book however seems to assume a lot of things that i
would only know if i came from a C++ or perl background!

thanks again, and i will pursue both paths to enlightenment and hopefully
one language will bolster skills in the other.

jin