In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >W. D. Allen wrote: >> I want to write a retirement financial estimating program. Python was >> suggested as the easiest language to use on Linux. I have some experience >> programming in Basic but not in Python. >> >> I have two questions: >> 1. What do I need to be able to make user GUIs for the program, and >> 2. Which book would be easiest to use to learn Python programming? > >I am a fairly experienced programmer and I have been reading Dive Into >Python. If you have prior experience, you may find it very >satisfactory. (But see a recent thread I started which points out a few >small mistakes...nothing too bad over all.) If you have less >programming experience, you may wish to look at Byte of Python. The >great thing about Python is that there is a ton of online material to >peruse... >
As fond as I am of Python (enough so to have been recognized for my advocacy by the community), and as often as I've lauded Python for its "easy entry", I feel compelled to observe that it *is* possible to program in Basic under Linux; perhaps such an approach would particularly suit you. Have you considered, for example, <URL: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/BASIC/ >? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list