> When you go to the tutorial, though, you have to wade
> through quite a bit of English before seeing any
> Python examples.

> Below is my attempt at generating ten fairly simple,
> representative Python programs that expose new users
> to most basic concepts, as well as the overall syntax.

> It was an interesting exercise.  I constrained myself
> to ten lines or less, and it was pretty easy to
> incorporate loops, conditionals, print, open(), lists,
> tuples, dictionaries, and imported modules.  

> It was harder to show classes, and my ShoppingCart
> class is nothing more than an encapsulation of a list,
> which has dubious value (although it's the start of
> something more useful).

> Anyway, here goes: