OT: Worth learning python?

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 15:00 +0000, dave irving wrote:
> I've recently installed Fedora 3, and have been getting a few
> bluetooth things set up (i've finally got gnome-bluetooth-manager and
> gammu working!). One thing I've noticed is that quite a few libraries
> seem to be using Python these days.
> Im going to want to be writing a few simple apps to use my bluetooth
> stuff: Im mainly a Java / c++ programmer (and know a little perl) -
> but going forward with Linux is there a good argument for learning
> Python too? If so I might order myself a book!!

I'd say yes. It appears to be taking over from perl as the cross-
platform scripting language of choice.

Paul.
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