From: arcege at shore.net (Michael P. Reilly)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:17:24 GMT
Subject: New python user seeks comments
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Stefan Franke <spamfranke at bigfoot.de> wrote:
: On 21 Apr 1999 00:33:10 -0400, David Steuber <trashcan at david-steuber.com> wrote:

:>Er, uh, hmm.
:>
:>I wrote my first Python program today.  It took longer than I
:>expected.  Who would have guessed that you couldn't give a file object 
:>the name 'in'?  Or at least that was one of the weirder obstacles.

: Maybe a reserved keyword-aware editor could have saved you 
: from this? You could try IDLE, which comes with the lastest Python 
: distribution or PythonWin, if you are using Windows.
: There's a very clever Python Emacs mode as well...

And syntax highlighting for Python in vim (Vi IMproved).

  -Arcege