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O’Reilly Network: Python as a First Language

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2000

“You’ve never programmed in Python before. Should you start
now?”

“Yes. This is as sure a bet as you’re going to get in the
technology horse races: The benefits of the Python programming
language are so many, and its costs so low, that you’re almost sure
to come out ahead.”

Python’s strength is its universality. Once you learn it,
you’ll find you can use it for nearly all the programming you
do.
Press coverage might have led you to think that it’s “just
a scripting language for the Web,” or only used by academics. As
good as Python is in those roles, you’ll see below how it also does
much more. Among other things, Python is: a starter language,
scalable to large professional programs, graphically savvy, and it
even does windows!”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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