Is learning Python "extraordinary"?

[Jeffrey Drake]

When I was done highschool I knew something like 15 to 20 languages
(this includes markup languages) with at least a passing. There were
very few people around me that knew an more than 2 (from the
programming courses).

In college I didn't learn much new except for java in the first year.
Mostly the teachers that were teaching things I already knew even got
some aspects of it wrong.

Unusual is the right word.

Regards,
jptd

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:02:57 -0800, Sheila King <usenet at thinkspot.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:59:41 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote
>in comp.lang.python in article <3C2EAD4D.77564075 at engcorp.com>:
>
>> It is still my opinion that a bright person who has learned 
>> several computer languages can learn Python enough to start 
>> working on non-trivial tasks with not much more than a week
>> of learning, but that opinion is based solely on observation
>> of a dozen perhaps quite bright people doing just that.
>
>I agree with the above assessment. Still, it is unusual, in the least to
>find high school students that know 3+ programming languages. (Well, maybe
>not in the heart of the Silicon Valley.)
>
>Anyhow, I think Jesse has probably decided by now, that it is certainly
>worth mentioning in his essay. ;)
>
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>Sheila King
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