Why am I learning Python

I've been wanting to learn Python since I dabbled in it back in late 2000.

I use to play MUDs quite regularly. In fact, I am an official zMUD Guru. Anyhow, while playing in linux, my client of choice was mcl. Mcl offered both PERL (which I was already familiar with) and Python scripting. Nothing ever came from that short-lived experience with Python .

Then a couple of years ago, I grabbed a copy of Python Programming for Absolute Beginners from Amazon. As I have previously mentioned, I have only now dedicated myself to reading it.

So why the sudden dedication? Why Python? Well, I came across this article on learning python titled Why Python? which just happened to link to a Linux Journal article by the same name written by Eric Raymond.

One of the reasons that I decided to learn python and put up this website was a fantastic article written by Eric Raymond. The article is title "Why Python?" and can be found here.

After reading the article, I found myself to be motivated as well. If you've thought about learning any programming language, I suggest you head over to linux journal to read Eric Raymond's Why Python? article.