python, how?!

hi.
i want to learn programming, but in my area there ain't anybody that can help me, so i want to ask for something only, kind of beginners book, or anything, and in a language that is powerfull. i heard of python, but i dont know anything about this. help?

>>14
After all, why start with a middling quality language when you could learn important computer concepts such as "fuck this compiler", boilerplate, "why won't the damn thing work", "segfault", "in retrospect, that's still totally bonkers", and the syntax guessing game.