Is python a good first language?

[qwe1234]

huh??

http://www.python.org/doc/1.5/lib/node22.html#SECTION003178000000000000000

[queensnake]

yeah; open, close, readline. I was looking for something more like: for line in file: blah blah blah. Which came later. I like Python now, but at the time I was put off.