why?

[Alexander Sendzimir]

Perhaps the best place to start out is looking through the Python third party
modules

http://www.vex.net/parnassus/

Check out the modules that are available. Likewise, if you have an installation
to work with, look through the modules directory. Under Linux, for example, you
will find it under /usr/local/lib/python1.5 or /usr/lib/python1.5 (most likely).
All you really need to look at are the names of the modules. This will give you
some idea what's available. Some modules won't make any sense. Ignore these. You
may find out later what they're for.

Want to argue about which language to learn? Python or Perl? I say, go for both.
They both entail different approaches to similar problems and each is a fine
universe in which to romp. It would be more work, of course, however, learning a
little of both languages would be worth your while (and the rest of the world as
you just might become a more skillful crafter of code.) After some time you
might find one language more valuable than the other. In that case, dumb the
less useful one. You can always come back to it later.

Last, should you ever be walking down a busy city street and come across two
guys arguing the merits of python versus perl (or perl vs python), you are in a
great situation to smooth the waters. ;-)

ekko wrote:

> The only language I am familiar with is QBASIC and a little HTML (if that
> even is a programming language).