why python?

[Josiah Carlson]

"99%SugarFree" <renee0102 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> For those of you who used Python, have you used Prolog or ML??What do u
> think of these 3 language comparing to each other when you are coding?

Yes, I've used both Prolog and SML-NJ.  Prolog was nifty, as was SML-NJ. 
Being that they take completely different approaches in the way you
think of and implement algorithms, I am not sure they are comparable in
any useful sense of the word.


> I've just known about Python language recently for a research project.
> I'm just wondering what kind of applications out there using Python??

Many.
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=178
Is just a start.


> Where can I find more information about  the philosophical, technical and
> design features of Python??

>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!