translating Perl Cookbook?

[Robert Citek]

Hello Steve,

Smashing idea!  Was thinking about this, too, but didn't know how to
procede.  This would be a great way for anyone to not only learn Python but
also Perl, and to learn how to do common tasks in both languages.

What's next, captain?

- Robert

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At 02:43 AM 5/23/00 +0700, steven2 at satunet.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just  wondering  if  anybody  is interested in translating the recipes
>(and  as  much as the other code snippets) from The Perl Cookbook into
>Python.
>
>I  understand  that  some  code will not translate smoothly or produce
>"optimal"  Python  code,  but  the purpose is to help people with Perl
>background  to  learn and master Python faster -- as they will tend to
>expect  Python  to  be  able  to  do many of the tasks they previously
>accomplish using Perl. A greater proportion of the recipes in the Perl
>Cookbook  is  not  about Perl syntax, but about doing common tasks, so
>perhaps we should concentrate on those parts first.
>
>I hope this will be a fun project; being a Perl coder and currently in
>the Python learning curve, I thought that working on this project will
>be a great way to learn Python for me.  :-)
>
>If there is enough interest, I will setup an account at SourceForge to
>host this project so that people can contribute code.
>
>Regards,
>Steven Haryanto