Python: Good for Quasi-Newbie?

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Clark,

    Forget (for awhile) Python - share your
great long-life experience. :)
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"Clark Griswold" <bad at mail.net> wrote in message
news:vs22ut4adu195c at corp.supernews.com...
> 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
>
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