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Owain Williams has lived and breathed C#. So what made him want to look at Python? The DNIStream team looks at what it is like to learn a second programming language, and even get into a debate about the very definition of the term "language".
TOPICS
* What is the definition of language?
* Why python?
* What is special about it?
* The real pros about having more than one language in your toolkit
* ...and more!
LINKS
Pragmatic Programmer Beta (20th Anniversary edition) (https://pragprog.com/book/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition)
Python Tutorial for Beginners - Mosh Hamedani (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQrJ0TkZlc)
Python Crash Course 2nd Edition (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07J4521M3/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_dDZeDbZYC3QYG)
Git Repo of Owain's code (https://github.com/OwainWilliams/Python)
Python by Socratica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOdfpbnWLVo)
MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY
Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar
Live Show Starting Soon: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755
Live Show Outro: MILLENNIALS by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/57150 Special Guest: Owain Williams.