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Yes, Python is easy to learn. It's very easy to experiment with because it provides you with a interactive environment in the form of a Python interpreter (written for many platforms including those supported by C, Python, Java, and .NET). Enhanced wrappers and tools around the interpreter, for example ipython, really make learning Python easy. Reducing the compile, link, and load time to zero has the effect of saving you tons of time while learning and not having to deal with the complexities of building software. You can leave that part for Python to figure out all by itself at a preliminary stage.

Now, you may begin learning Python and there are several ways to approach it. If you are already a programmer and would just like to see what features Python has to offer to you, you can start with the Python tutorial located here: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html. A tool for the Firefox browser, called the Python Sidebar (found at http://www.edgewall.org/python-sidebar/ ), can aid you to quickly look up Python documentation (including the tutorial) within Firefox.

Instead if you are already an accomplished programmer and prefer learning by breaking down examples of real and useful programs, Dive Into Python (http://www.diveintopython.org) written by Mark Pilgrim is an excellent read.

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist is a good book for beginning programmers starting with Python as their first language. While, a second edition of this book is available for free online (at http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/ ) as well, I have only read the first edition (at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/ ) of this book online.

While the above-mentioned books are free for reading online, there are some gems that are commercially available for small prices. Beginning Python from Novice to Professional (Magnus Lie Hetland; Apress) is an excellent book for beginning programmers as well. Text Processing in Python (excellent book by David Mertz; Addison-Wesley), Learning Python (Mark Lutz and David Ascher; O'Reilly), Programming Python (Mark Lutz; O'Reilly), and Python Cookbook (ASPN; O'Reilly) are excellent books on the subject as well.

I hope all this information proves helpful to you.

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