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I started learning Python in a seminar from Mark Lutz, who wrote this great book: http://books.google.com/books?id=5zYVUIl7F0QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:

I started learning Python in a seminar from Mark Lutz, who wrote this great book: http://books.google.com/books?id=5zYVUIl7F0QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Mark+inauthor:Lutz&sig=az1yRZslgIN0f3cO84CFJ64rZXE http://books.google.com/books?id=5zYVUIl7F0QC&printsec=f... He mentioned a list of groups that were using Python in a big way. Google, Weta, ILM, JPL, iRobot, AnyBots, Justin.tv SciPy is going to switch lots of Matlab users. If there is a good browser-side way to use Python, it will skyrocket. One language that excels at the back end, front end, media processing, signal processing, and scripting.

abstractbill 19y ago
I've used Python for everything I've done so far at Justin.tv (next week I'm learning ruby so that I can start doing web stuff too). Just my opinion of course but I'd say while Python has some excellent libraries, the language itself feels quite poorly thought-out compared to something like Common Lisp. It could be worse, but it certainly could be a lot better.
- hhm 19y ago
  Of course... I haven't programmed in Lisp so much, so it makes me miss Haskell. But anyway, it's a very interesting language.
- nevinera 19y ago
  it's less profound, but MUCH easier to read without training. the 'pick up and go' factor is pretty high.