Absolute noob to Linux programming needs language choice help

[Cameron Laird]

In article <slrne9q7ca.6pb.spamspam at bowser.marioworld>,
Ben C  <spamspam at spam.eggs> wrote:
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>My favourite's Python, but Tcl is definitely worth a look. It's been
>around a bit longer than Python (so more time for every conceivable
>problem to have been met by someone and fixed), and I'm not an expert
>but I think it's particularly good for things like sockets-- they're
>just sort of built in and are very easy to work with.

Tcl's maturity advantage is tiny--*maybe* two years.  Both began at
the end of the '80s.  There've been close to two decades since to
obscure any initial leads.

I entirely agree with you, though, that Tcl's [socket] command is
a wonderful thing.