python: the ministry of programming (and silly walks)

I have a new favorite programming language, and its name is Python. With its name inspired by the Monty Python comedy troop, the Python language has regex pattern matching, lambda functions, syntactic sugar for collections, OO-support, dynamic typing, and all sorts of dandy features. The dynamic typing is so nice, especially when you're used to writing Java code all day.

I especially like how Python delimits code blocks using indentation rather than brackets or BEGIN/END keywords. It tastes like a combination of Perl, ML, and chicken (because everything tastes like chicken).

I learned Python over the weekend because I thought it would help me solve a problem with merging two MKS Source Integrity trees. And sure enough, it did!

If you're interested in learning Python, check out my python tag over at del.icio.us for a veritable smorgasboard of helpful links.