It's hard to find documentation

[Ben Logan]

My two cents:

The main reason that I picked learning Python over Perl was the
documentation.  Sure, Perl is documented, but the readily available
docs (installed on my system) were in the form of manpages.  Manpages
are great, but when you're learning a language and you need to jump
to a certain function's documentation, it's very handy to have a
hypertext reference manual such as HTML or info.

The other reason was the tutorial that came with Python.  It made it a
whole lot easier to get started.

Of course, now I like Python for reasons other than its docs. :)

Regards,
Ben

On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:33:49AM -0500, Justin Sheehy wrote:
> "Bruce Eckel" <Bruce at EckelObjects.com> writes:
> 
> > So let's try to find "Extending and Embedding the Python
> > Interpreter". Using 'search,' using 'advanced search,' nothing
> > comes up with that title. Maybe it doesn't exist. Who knows. I have
> > this struggle a lot when hunting for python information.
> 
> The Python documentation is great and well-organized.  On the other
> hand, the search mechanism on the python.org website is utterly useless.
> 
> If I start at http://www.python.org/doc/ I can usually find what I'm
> looking for very quickly...  I gave up on the search interface years
> ago.  I try the above doc location first, and Google second.  That
> combination has worked quite well for me.
> 
> -Justin

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