I just finished a CS course in Python and it is probably one of the best languages for beginners. The book we used was Fundamentals by Lambert. Aside from Python, I have experience in VB, Matlab, and HTML. Python felt much more intuitive than the other languages. I also have seen some of the stuff that can be done with Python through the job I have so I know it has a lot more advanced applications than what I directly saw in my course.
In short if you have a good teacher and book, Python is a great language to know.
I haven't really worked with it much, but it's very good from what I've seen. It seem like it's been designed from the ground up to be intuitive and logical, so it's probably a good choice if you're beginning programming.
It's a very easy language with clear syntax and plenty of expressive power. Hopefully you'll enjoy using it. Have you used it yet? If you're not sure where to look, download ActivePython. Link is below. It comes with a fairly detailed manual and a few books built in, like "Dive into Python." ActiveState Python http://www.activestate.com/activepython
No, I haven't used it yet. This will actually be my first programming class I took BASIC programming this semester and we just use Alice 2.2 so that doesn't count.
.... That seems like a very odd switch, Python is a quick hacker language used to do little bits and pieces and for education whilst C++ is used to make giant applications and is incredibly complex.
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