newbie confession

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My name is Steve and I'm a Pythonoholic.

It started innocently enough.  Like many people, I experimented with
BASIC.  It was just for fun.  "I can quit any time I want," I said.

Then I found the Web and started coding HTML.  "Just one more page and
I'll quit," I kept telling myself.  But soon I was dabbling in
Javascripts.  "It's just a phase," my friends said.  I struggled to hide
my all night Java compiling binges.

I started downloading C/C++ tutorials, but before I could get my hands
on a compiler, I ran into Python.

Soon I was up to three, four scripts per day.  I needed help.  My
bookstore sold me books by Lutz and Grayson.  I was building Tk gui's.
It was getting hard to hide my habit from co-workers.

Then the boss confronted me: "Can you write something to make this
project work?"

"I don't know, but let me try," I said, trying to hide my grin.  In two
weeks I came up with something the $1000-a-day consultant said wasn't
doable.

So, yes, I am hooked.

My name is Steve, and I'm a Pythonoholic.