[Edu-sig] Now I went and did it.

Kirby -

In any case, if nothing else, I think PyGeo proved a central tenet of this list, which is that Python is a great ladder into higher level programming for people relatively new to the discipline (which you've subsequently developed). You've made this point as well.

I think you once called me a poster boy for Python as a first language. I hope so. I do all this very part-time - and am out there doing some decent Java stuff at this point - the step from Python to Java having been pretty painless. Which is among the reasons I remain devoted to the concept of introducing programming via Python - and despite my (considerable) frustrations on the EDU-SIG list. ART