From: egibson at connect.com.au (Evan Gibson)
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 02:12:40 GMT
Subject: Is Python dying?
In-Reply-To: <wkn20szh1m.fsf@ifi.uio.no>; from Lars Marius Garshol on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 02:00:53PM +0200
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> | I never understood how people can actually read programming books.
> | A very basic tutorial can teach the syntax, and after that all you
> | need is a library reference and a news group...
> 
> As long as the language is relatively similar to the ones you already
> know this approach works fine. But if you only know, say, Algol-like
> languages and C, try learning Lisp, Standard ML or BETA from a very
> basic tutorial. I would not recommend it. :)

Smile. Maybe that's my problem... I know Scheme and Red Code as well...

> --Lars M.

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  Evan ~ThunderFoot~ Gibson    ~ nihil mutatem, omni deletum ~
      May the machines watch over you with loving grace.




