Advice needed

[Larry Anderson]

Alberto wrote:

> I was trying to understand the reasons why I should learn Python. More
> like a pros/cons about this language. Currently, I use C, C/C++, Java,
> Perl, Visual VB and was looking to see the usefulness of Python.  Any
> suggestions?

Well if you can do more things with python or if python enables you to do
things on other platforms that you can't do now, then those would be good
reasons.  It's all really up to you and whether it will meet YOUR needs. 
Are you hitting walls in the languages you are using?  Can you find
oportunities in using Python?  That's where you need to convice yourself.

My reasons for python:
Cross platform (very important for me)
Inexpensive (very important for me and where I work)
Has loads of hooks & libraries to do just about anything from web apps,
games, printing, creadint PDFs, music, etc.
Easily approachable, readable syntax (should be easier for others to take up
my coding projects)
Interfaces with MySQL (or other database)
Integrated into apps like GIMP.

Larry

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