* Tiger12506 (Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:23:00 -0500)
> > Despite what your english teacher might have tried to make you
> > believe, they were wrong about the lack of a neutral in english.
> > Just like ending sentences with prepositions has always been done
> > and always will be done, the use of "they"
* earlylight publishing (Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:21:45 -0800 (PST))
> No prob about the gender confusion. :-)
That's why people put Firstname Lastname in the From field of their
newsreader or mail reader. And please do a line break after about 70
characters. Your reply was one(!) big line.
Thorste
No prob about the gender confusion. :-) I'd be willing to bet most folks
around here are male so it's not unreasonable to assume. I wasn't offended,
just thought I'd share in the interest of accuracy. Thanks for the kind
appology anyway. Hope I haven't set off a firestorm!
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> Despite what your english teacher might have tried to make you
> believe, they were wrong about the lack of a neutral in english. Just
> like ending sentences with prepositions has always been done and
> always will be done, the use of "they" to refer to someone of
> indeterminate gender has bee
My apologies for mistaking your gender. Because English does not have
adequate neutral gender indication, I tend to use the male as such, as they
do in Spanish, and perhaps many other languages. At any rate, that's how
it's written in the Bible.
I presumed that it was an issue with raw input be
"Gman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
# Filename: func_param.py
def printMax(a, b):
> >>>if a > b:
> print a, 'is maximum'
> else:
> print b, 'is maximum'
> printMax(3, 4)
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
OK, I think this is because you have tried to use the
Well, I dont feel Igrint, yet I must be. Turns out that Early Light was
right regarding the command prompt. I had to go back and try a few of the
exercises again to see if i actually had overlooked something so obvious,
and it turns out I had! Enclosed is a example of my
ineptitude.I didnt
> Hey Tiger,
> your system clock is set incorrectly and your e-mail was flagged as being
> sent 12/12/2008, causing it to appear after an e-mail sent as a reply -
> confusing.
> Please remedy this situation ;P
> -Luke
Whoops!! I have to mess with my clock occasionally to test the integrity of
Tiger12506 wrote:
> The OP has not specified what his problems specifically are, but "earlylight
> publishing" described his problem before, and he was not understanding why
> the >>> prompt was expecting immediate keyboard input when he typed in
> raw_input(). So a noob cannot figure out why it
"earlylight publishing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Actually the first thing I noticed is the author would say something
> like "you can run the program by pressing F5
Ah! Yes that would cause problems.
He obviously does intend you to use an Edit window rather than a
shell in that case. A great p
There are 3 big schools of "how do you program" as far as what tools
you have open where.
IDE Geeks: "the author" you are reading about is one if them. This
means you run eclipse, idle, visual studio, kdevelop, etc, and you
debug and run out of that as well if you can. This is what most
primarily
I'm a "she" not a "he". :-) But actually I don't believe I was a member of
this group when I was working with the book "A Byte Of Python" I don't believe
I ever described a problem with raw_input here. That concept seems pretty
clear to me but as you say the OP hasn't described a specific pr
On Dec 13, 2007 3:38 PM, earlylight publishing
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do people really write whole applications just using the shell?
>
The shell isn't intended for writing whole applications. However, it's
invaluable for testing. For writing whole applications I'd recommend
The One True Edit
Actually the first thing I noticed is the author would say something like "you
can run the program by pressing F5 or selecting "run program" from the "run"
menu. Neither of those things work from the shell. Saving programs also
didn't work well for me when I put them in the shell. Do people r
The OP has not specified what his problems specifically are, but "earlylight
publishing" described his problem before, and he was not understanding why
the >>> prompt was expecting immediate keyboard input when he typed in
raw_input(). So a noob cannot figure out why it is advantageous to have a
"earlylight publishing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I have the latest python version too when I first started "A Byte of
>Python"
> my code wouldn't work either. My problem was that I was programming
> in the shell (the screen with the three '>>>' on it). I found when
> I wrote
> the examples i
Gman wrote:
> Hmm how do I put this without looking completely igrint!
No worries, this is a list for beginners!
> I have 2.51 and have been encountering many errors
> when I try to use some examples from the book "A byte of python". At first
> I thought well a few minor things I will just m
I have the latest python version too when I first started "A Byte of Python" my
code wouldn't work either. My problem was that I was programming in the shell
(the screen with the three '>>>' on it). I found when I wrote the examples in
a new window (cntrl+N) they all worked as advertized. He
> Well I have 2.51 and have been encountering many errors
> when I try to use some examples from the book "A byte of python". At first
> I thought well a few minor things I will just move on and try the next.
> Well some work and others dont, and mind you I am only trying to get the
> basics down.A
Hmm how do I put this without looking completely igrint! I am new to
python and peck away at it every chance i get.Well I also follow the list
here and remember A big todo about versions
and compatibility. Well I have 2.51 and have been encountering many errors
when I try to use some examples
Hi William,
The short answer is go with the default until you run into something
you can't do without 2.4.
For the skinny on all the changes you'll want to check out
http://python.org/doc/2.4/whatsnew/whatsnew24.html . That document
lays it out about as well as can be done. If you find somethin
I am just beginning to experiment with Python, and I'm looking for
advice about versions. Debian testing provides version 2.3 by default,
(/usr/bin/python is linked to /usr/bin/python2.3) but I am able to
install 2.4 as well. What gains do I realize by using the more modern
version? Are there
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