As the olds do, I reminisce sometimes. Not often. Let me rewind the memory tapes a back to 1967 or '68.
(What a dumb metaphor for folks who have never used serial storage.)
This isn't -- directly -- about Python. But it may help folks who live at the edge of programming …
more ...See Did you ever switch from one programming language to another? A ridiculous question -- the answer is always "yes" unless you're a hobbyist.
See Programming Languages I've Learned In Order . See Programming Languages I've Learned (In Rough Order) Meme .
Here's my list.
High Scool - Early 70's
I can't find the exact question -- it was something along the lines of "Why did you start with Python?" or "How did you choose Python?" It was probably one tagged with programming-languages .
For several days, I couldn't recall why or how I started looking at Python.
At first, all I …
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