Newbie to python --- why should i learn !

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

I sincerely think that most languages in existence today have its place.
Java has some great libraries and programs that were written in it. Try
writing an Eclipse clone in Python, I don't think it would go well.



On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM, hdante <hdante at gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 8, 7:25 am, "Ra... at MyKavita.com" <raxitsheth2... at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i was reading/learning some hello world program in python.
> > I think its very simillar to Java/C++/C#. What's different (except
> > syntax) ?
>
>  All the languages have similar "power", in a theoretical sense. If
> you can solve a problem with one, most of the time you'll be able to
> solve it with the other. So we could say that the languages are
> "equal".
>
>  However, in practice, the syntax matters a lot. For example, they
> will influence on the maintainability and the performance of your
> application.
>
> >
> > what can i do easily with python which is not easy in c++/java !?
>
>  Pretty much everything. Python syntax is minimalist, so it requires
> much less code. There are many examples in Wikipedia, for example:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_datagram_protocol#Sample_code_.28Python.29
>  http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_sort#C.C3.B3digo_em_Java
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern#Python
>
>  etc.
>
> >
> > Tnx,
> > Raxitwww.mykavita.com
>
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