[cumbria_lug] Perl or Python: a challenge

[Richard Smedley]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:58:16 Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 09:39, Luke Antins wrote:
> > It's nice learning a new language... no only do you gain a new
> > skill but you also (or at-least I find) get a better understanding
> > of coding in general some of the things you learn you can move over
> > into your other languages too.
> 
> Oh bugger - now I've gone back to my Perl work after my excursion
> into Ruby I keep leaving off the semicolons...

LOL - I have been wondering whether this is a good or bad thing about
Ruby. I've been looking for the best choice for teaching kids to
program. Python has the advantage of being more readily available on
mobile telephones, of course. :-)

 - Richard

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