Python: Good for Quasi-Newbie?

[Clark Griswold]

My programming experience:

- Pascal (college prog 101 type course about 100 years ago)
- Basic (on a CDC main frame for a 102 course about 85 years ago)
- xBase (quite a bit)
- VB scripting within MS Office (mostly Access)
- Oracle SQL (if that counts)

Python looks pretty good for what I want to do (Point of Sale).  I haven't
done serious prog in a long time.  The price is right.  Suggestions?

Since I'm the boss in this instance... I am not tied down to anything.

thanks,
clark