I already had taken a programming languages course in college, so had a fair grasp of different approaches. I've dev'd professionally in a fair number: http://

I already had taken a programming languages course in college, so had a fair grasp of different approaches. I've dev'd professionally in a fair number: http://mytechne.com/user/jdunck/programming-languages/ http://mytechne.com/user/jdunck/programming-languages/ So, learning Python was sort of just picking from the menu; DiP was perfect in this regard, as it related python's features to other langs you might know. Given your different context, I think it might be helpful to just see some examples and play in the shell, though.