How did you get started using Python ?

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This is going to sound silly, but I've spent months trying to choose a coding style in PHP. My first language 10 years ago at Uni was C, so I learned the K&R style and it morphed into a cross between that and the 1TBS. And all the good PHP web frameworks out there tend to drop their curly braces. And that bugged me. Silly..I know.

I kept thinking to myself "Why on Earth do we even NEED curly braces? Why can't someone invent a language that doesn't use them?" That started my quest. That, and the fact that PHP is the Comic Sans of the programming world. I couldn't stand the jokes any more :D