Mr. Grimsley, I hope you don't mind if I forward this reply to the mailing list at large. I believe that some other people on the list can give you some guidance on your transition from FORTRAN to Python, and make it as enjoyable as possible. I, however, know nothing of FORTRAN, so I leave it up to other members to help you in this regard. If, in the future, you want to send a private reply, it would behoove you to notify the recipient that you'd like your communique to be confidential, because it's generally assumed that all replies should go to everyone, because then the largest audience of people who may benefit from your discussion are reached. If you mean to reply to the list, the 'reply-all' button serves this purpose quite well, and should be used unless it's necessary to reply privately. Thank you for your time, and I wish you the best of luck. -Luke
Kent D. Grimsley wrote: > Mr. Luke; > > Thanks for your note in reply to my (unreasonable) request. I am > looking forward to being able to chat with someone about my newness to > Python. There is so much to absorb and digest. > > I must confess to being a long term Fortran programmer ( to the > present day) and it might take me a while to adjust to the Python > environment.. From what little dabbling in and around the Python > site, it milght be that Python is the way I COULD go to solve the > genealogical problem at hand. One obstacle to my perception is being > able to transform Fortran I/O to Python---which will not probably be > simple to do. The existence in Python of "IF THEN ELSE type > constructions, I think will be very helpful due to the similarity with > Fortran. The actual code transformation, for example from > DIMENSION to whatever the Python statement might be like, at the > moment, escapes me, as an example. > > I'm assuming that while the transformation from Fortran might not be > simple, it neveertheless can be done. > > Thanks, again, > Kent Dee Grimsley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
