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    <p>I've been an avid learner of the Python language for quite some time. Having more than 6 years of Java[professional] experience, coupled with a bit of C++ [hobby] experience - it's fair to say my perspective is deeply entrenched in the idioms brought forth by such statically typed, strongly bound languages. In short - i could say the old school way of thinking has significant influence on my programming style.</p> <p>My reason to pick up Python, and not say Ruby, was primarily a coincidence since i got some part time work i could help out w/ using Python. it's been 2 weeks, and things have been nothing short of a revolution! armed w/ IDLE and the <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0672328623" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Essential Reference</a>, it's been one revelation after another. it's like how a classical physicist would feel if gravity ceased to exist!</p> <p>Anyways, i understand that to be effective w/ python it's going to take some time of real hands-on work. more than the syntax, i feel it's because of the way my mind thinks. however, prepared as much as i am, there's one particular thing which bothers me quite a bit - python offers way too many idioms to perform the same thing. For example, list comprehension and filter(...), apply(...) and eval(...), etc. while these idioms aren't completely substitutable, but i find that their primary purposes overlap to a great extent. i understand that there must be underlying performance gains vis-a-vis their usages. however, as a beginner, what's the best way to get on w/ the education and curb the distraction of 'n' ways to solve the same thing?</p>
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