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  1. 06-20-2009 #1
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    Python in linux

    Hello,

    As I read on many different subjects of linux. I frequently read that python is used.
    The program languages I know are, c++ , java , vb.net, rpg,
    Is it worth it to lean python? What benefits does it have for me, if a I already know the previously mentioned languages. What is the popularity/position/usefulness of python in linux?

    Thanks!
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  2. 06-20-2009 #2
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    Yes, Python is very popular. You'd need to decide for yourself if it would benefit you to learn it but I'm guessing that it probably would.
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    Python is used in a lot of applications these days. Some of my colleagues from a previous job were very keen on it. I have a lot of respect for their technical acuity and expertise in C, C++, and Java as well as Python, so I have to think it is probably worth looking into. Personally, I haven't had the need, but I have certainly considered learning it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernouilli View Post
    Hello,

    As I read on many different subjects of linux. I frequently read that python is used.
    The program languages I know are, c++ , java , vb.net, rpg,
    Is it worth it to lean python? What benefits does it have for me, if a I already know the previously mentioned languages. What is the popularity/position/usefulness of python in linux?

    Thanks!
    why don't you give it a try and see what happens.
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    Hi.

    For one measure of popularity, see TIOBE Software: The Coding Standards Company

    If that suggests that it is worthwhile to know, then see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_...mming_language) for some typical areas in which it is used ... cheers, drl
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    Hmm thanks, very useful. I will give it a try in my free time sometime. It's looks likes it worthwhile. Lol look at RPG from the TIOBE site. It raised a lot. I thought I was one of the rare people who know rpg.
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  7. 06-24-2009 #7
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    Programming Language Popularity has a lot of information.
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    Anyone here besides myself ever program in the old DEC DIBOL (now known as DBL) language? It was used for MCBA manufacturing accounting and MRP/ERP software about 20-25 years ago. It was Digital Equipment's idea of what COBOL should have been. They even got it adopted as an ANSI/ISO standard language!
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    No but I've seen JCL and COBOL...Yuck...Gerard4143

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    Back when the IBM PC first came out, I worked as a sales rep. at ComputerLand in the Silly Valley. I buddy of mine who was a professor of mathematics at one of the local universities wouldn't buy a PC until I could give him one with APL on it! As soon as I could get it for him (along with the keyboard overlay), he bought one!
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