Programming Tutorial for absolute beginners

[Clodoaldo Pinto]

John Salerno wrote:
> Clodoaldo Pinto wrote:
>
> > "Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is
> > used in a wide variety of application domains. Python is often compared
> > to Tcl, Perl, Ruby, Scheme or Java. Some of its key distinguishing
> > features include:..."
>
> I'd be careful with that definition for newbies though. There's nothing
> more frustrating (as a newbie myself) when Python (or anything else) is
> compared to something as a way to explain it, yet I have no idea what
> the other things are either! A programming newbie won't know about, and
> maybe won't even have heard of, those other languages.

Good point. I used the Python site front page definition without the
object oriented thing.

Regars, Clodoaldo