Python – I finally discovered a language I love
I program for my job—not as my job. There isn’t enough time in this life to make C++ or Java, my primary native language—and even if there was, I’d have a tough time swallowing that medicine. Not until Python did I find a language that is love-worthy. Your code will be beautiful. A friendly community of pragmatic problem-solvers will invite you in. Years of built-up very sophisticated tools will be at your disposal. Parts of Google are programmed in Python, and MIT’s legendary intro to comp-sci course switched over to it. It’s great for beginners, yet powerful enough to take you as far as you want to go—even if where you’re going is eventually the super-optimized world of C/C++.
Here are some articles about Python:
- Postpartum Pondering Programming Paradigms Those last two articles were doozies. Having recently switched my primary programming language after a long investigation, and then having my first baby, has clearly put me into the mood to think about the role and power of language. I recently heard a po...
- Python Programming Language Advantages This article is not about Python vs. other languages, so much as it is about those peculiarities of Python that made it endearing to me—a non-professional programmer whose achievements at work came directly from being able to program. I code almost every ...
- The Python Nuances That Keep Code Clean I am a casual programmer, having spent my entire professional career in jobs that don't have programming in the job description. Truly, I started on BASIC on the TRS-80 in 1982, but the computer science flame was never sparked. Therefore, I went through l...
- LAMP is Dead. Long Live Linux / Python! My transition from Windows onto Linux, Python, Mercurial and vim is going well, as I get deeper into the implementation of my latest system. My platform actually isn't LAMP, as only Linux and Python have become an integral part of my day-to-day programmin...
