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what got me started in Python
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what got me started in Python was the need for a tool that would log into a Cisco router, grab some information, and logout, saving that information.  while searching for tools to do this, including what others have done, i ran across a bunch of script examples in Python that used the pexpect module.  i downloaded them and installed python-expect (on slackware), edited the scripts to use our router address and password, and they worked just fine.  then i started changing more things.  at first a add more steps.  eventually i wanted to add some logic and just guessed at it based on some code in one of the examples.  it was easy and worked.  by the next day i had downloaded several Python PDF files to read.  i was hooked.  C took 2nd seat and Pike got bumped to 3rd.  since then i also had a look at Lua and Go but they just could not overwhelm Python in my mind.  the biggest killer of Go for me was the use of ":=".  if Python had used it, i would not be here.
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#2
My reason is almost identical with exception of the subject. I was working on an intellectual property application
and found some patent search software which was written in python. I started digging into it and
was soon addicted.
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#3
I started in Python because my instructor used it as an introductory programming course in college. I was baffled on why i was using other languages until then. I really havent done much coding in other languages since.
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