Moving from Perl to Python

[Richard Zilavec]

On 13 Dec 2000 17:30:56 GMT, scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl (Remco Gerlich)
wrote:

>Personally I don't like Programming Python much. It's becoming old (there
>are rumors of a new version soon) and not very well structured. But then,
>it's a lot of book, there are many examples, and the important things are
>probably all in there somewhere.

I hope I enjoy it.  I don't think I will ever stop using Perl.. but I
really need something new.  

>I started with Learning Python, and I like that book. It explains the

Wish I could see this book first, I don't want anything too basic
maybe just a quick start, then more advance features.

>Python Essential Reference is a nice reference book. It has a short
>tutorial, then a good reference on the language and of the standard
>library. One of the best books out there at the moment.
>
>More books at http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/
>
>There is good online documentation at http://www.python.org/doc/current/ .

Thanks!

>There are things out there on the web that explain Python to Perl programmers,
>but I can't find them at the moment. 

I just found a man pages on another server, should be a good start..

>
>There are some posts by Tom Christiansen to this group that you can find
>on Deja about Perl v Python, those may be useful.

I found this article at perl.com, it was quite good.

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 Richard Zilavec
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