advice for perl expert wanting to learn python

[richard]

Zeljko Vrba wrote:
> What's the easiest way of learning python knowing perl? Is there somewhere
> a 'how-to' cookbook with parallel examples of frequent idioms in perl and
> python?

A good start might be:

http://www.python.org/doc/Intros.html

under the "Introductions for programmers" heading.

Then there's http://www.python.org/doc/Comparisons.html#perl which has
direct comparisons.


> And most important thing, how does Python deal with database connectivity?
> Is there a single API (akin to DBI) for connecting to databases?

There is a DB-API standard, which is implemented by the various connectors.


> How does Python support the following databases:
> - Oracle
> - Postgres
> - MySQL
> - SQLServer (maybe using freetds?)
> - ODBC connectivity (connecting to MS Access)

Well.


    Richard