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Learning Python

Posted by Marc Backes on Friday, 6 November, 2009

PythonToday I decided to learn a new programming language! As I am a Linux user (and fan hehe), the programming language Python is crossing my ways very often. So I decided to learn it. “Can’t be that difficult I thought”.

The tutorial I made is the official Python tutorial for Python 3.x.

What I read (and tried) until now is incredibly easy. The syntax is very near to pseudo code and the handling is very simple. You do net even have to declare variables. So there is the first minus for me… no type safety. For beginners it might be an advantage, but for real programmers it is very weird.

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New spare time project?

Posted by Marc Backes on Thursday, 26 March, 2009

New spare time project?I am thinking about a new spare time project. I want to setup a homeserver. Well I already have one in Luxembourg, but that thing is crap (even more than crap). The software running is more than 4 years old (since not updated anymore), and the hardware has its biggest problems. Furthermore, most of the functionalities don’t work properly anymore (mailserver, webserver, fileserver) and the worst: The firewall has not been set up very thoughtful…

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