Please correct this problem as I unsubscribed this email address a while ago but am still receiving your emails. -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:15:04 From: "Kevin Jenkins" <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: >How would you compare the rate of productivity of C++ vs. Python ? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Alexander Sabourenkov" <screwdriver@xxxxxxxxx> >To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:29 AM >Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: any good?? > > >> jcool bubu wrote: >> > is Visual J++6 from the Ground Up any good for someone who is just now >> > starting out? and i bought it for $1. is that good? >> > >> >> It depends on what you are starting out in. >> >> If it's programming, I would definitely recommend putting Java aside and >> tinkering with Python tutorial examples and pyGame demo programs. >> >> I now find (too late I'm afraid) that Python as a language does a really >good >> job of offloading boring syntactic details and library issues off one's >head. >> >> It feels very concise. As a consequence, when writing in Python I tend to >> think more of what I'm trying to accomplish, rather than of how to get >around >> language limitations and wade through syntactic jungles to make something >> work. This, I feel, is even more important to a beginner. > > > >--------------------- >To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html