Python is easy?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Mon Aug 12 22:55:31 EDT 2002


Jonathan Driller wrote:

> A Python evangelist keeps telling me I need to try Python as it is so
> much quicker and easier to develop in then Java. Bottom line is I
> think the ease of learning is dependent on the quality of your
> teacher/support than wholly on the language.
> 
> I keep getting this error using ActiveStates win2k install 2.2:
> >>> test1.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'test1' is not defined

Put test1.py on the command line, not in the interpreter.

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