Newbie Help!

[Alex Martelli]

Stephen <saunders2005 at plusdsl.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
>         im new to python i just have a few questions and was wondering if
> you could help me??
> 
> 1. what programming langaugue does python use? or which is most popular?

Python _is_ a programming language, so your question is not clear.  If
you're asking what languages are used to implement Python, that's C (for
the mainstream version), Java (for Jython), C# (for IronPython), and
Python itself (for PyPy).

> 2. Does anyone know where i could get hold of practice code

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/ -- but much of it may
be a bit advanced for a beginner.

> 3. Any good ebooks or links to start with. (according to the web this is the
> best place to start.)

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide lists many.

> i know you probally get asked these questions all the time! but im trying to
> mirgrate for windows to linux.

Python runs on Windows, Linux, Mac (where it comes with the OS, but then
that's also true of many Linux distros), and elsewhere.


Alex