I have been observing this thread for a while now and have been thinking ever since to put in my 2 bits but been too busy lately. Finally, managed to find some time today and here it is.
In the beginning of your technical career, it takes an effort to learn and understand a programming language but as you go along, language syntax (and programming) takes the back seat and design (and testing) carry majority of the load. Picking a programming language to learn is important and so, pick a language that you think you are going to use in foreseeable future. If you are not sure which one you will be using, pick the one that is most popular and more important, most easy to use. Trying to learn a language that claims to be extremely powerful, flexible, structured, etc. etc. will not help if you end up spending countless hours figuring out what its few lines of code mean. Not only will you feel intimidated by the language, it is very likely that you will end up losing interest in the programming itself. And if you are already passed that stage, and feel comfortable with couple of programming languages already, it should be of least concern what programming language to learn next since the basic drill is pretty much the same - pick up a book, write test programs, get onto the mailing list and voila! My professor once said - "If you know one programming language well, you can claim to know them all". Regards, Nishi > -----Original Message----- > From: Viksit Gaur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Re: python perl programming. thanks! > > > Well, thanks to the combined efforts of the people on > this list, and LinuxLingam, not to mention #linux at > freenode, i've decided to learn python instead of > Java. > > Hehe, thanks! > > But, i do wonder. after using so many languages > limited by braces, isnt python something which takes > time to get used to? or is this just a fancy i have? > > vik > > --- LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > However, a general culture that I have observed in > > Perl hackers is that the > > > more you know the language, the more you are prone > > to use real complex > > > code. Beautiful code != optimized code, in > > perl-land. IF there is more than > > > one way to do it, then perl users are more prone > > to do it in away that > > > reduces keystrokes, and hence ... > > > > > > Very difficult to do it in languages like Python > > and Java. > > > > this is a *deliberate* design in python. > > general rule of code: it will evolve, ad infinitum, > > unless you fork, or > > outgrow your initial architectural limitations. > > hence it is good practice to have code > > 'comprehensible' to various eyeballs: > > past, present, future. > > > > however, this is not a flame-war. as several people > > point out, > > programming-language agnostism is a great idea. > > knowing python, perl, java, > > c, c++, and a few more is a more pragmatic approach > > to take to serious > > developing > > > > okay, so i deliberately loaded that initial posting > > to ilug-d, since for the > > past few months i discovered the interest-level > > towards python was rather low > > in ilug-d, and not so on other ilugs in india. its > > also quite hot in other > > parts of the world. anand, great to know you taught > > yourself python. sandip > > also knows it. supreet is our resident > > python-charmer. > > would be nice to have a show of hands. > > > > > > :-) > > LL > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > ===== > viksit gaur http://viksit.tripod.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. > New eh? > I tried sniffing coke once, but the ice cubes seemed to get > in the way... > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
