True, and that's been my understanding as well. I wonder if the distinction, though, and why it was picked up by universities as a teaching language over Ruby is because Ruby caters more to web dev where Python is more of a general use sort of language with broad applicability in math, science and engineering.
Thanks for your thoughts and the sources. I've looked at both and they are both quite useful. I've been using these:
Thanks for your thoughts and the sources. I've looked at both and they are both quite useful. I've been using these:
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=36
My learning has taken a bit of a hiatus since I've been really busy lately though.