(slightly OT): Python and linux - very cool

[Mr. Berserker]

> Anyway, they had suggested python as a good first language

Definitely. In the future, Python will likely replace BASHI*T as a
learning language, the difference being that Python is probably worth
it for serious projects, from what I know of it. I ought to seriously
invest some time in Python; its syntax, which looks like pseudocode,
but less scribbly, seems very interesting. Does it make interpretation
slow?