[python-advocacy] easy as py

[Nicola Larosa]

Mike Pittaro wrote:
> Along these lines, I dealt with a similar problem in the past, converting
> people to different 'dialects' of SQL.
> The method that seemed to be most successful was a side by side 'cheat
> sheet' mapping of commands in the different dialects.
>
> If we collected a set of snippets, demonstrating simple and common
> operations in a few languages along side of  Python snippets, it might
> help people that already know another language.

Here are two collections of snippets in Python and Java:

A subjective analysis of two high-level, object-oriented languages -
Comparing Python to Java
http://twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/python-vs-java.html

Python & Java - A Side-by-Side Comparison
http://www.ferg.org/projects/python_java_side-by-side.html

And a syntax comparison between languages:

http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/language-study/syntax-across-languages.html


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