Danny Yoo wrote:
> [Warning: I get totally off-topic, opinionated, and cranky in the
> following rant. My apologies in advance!]
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> But I get worried, though, that much teaching uses fragile techniques that
> don't really scale well. I've disliked the order in which some Python
> and it's Java/C++ all the way. I am becoming convinced that lines of
> code are not only related to the number of bugs and development speed,
> but learning speed as well. Too much time tripping over syntax and
> you miss the important bits.
It depends. I learned to program in Pascal and a mor
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Andrew P wrote:
> Well, on the bright side, at least Python is being taught in schools.
[Warning: I get totally off-topic, opinionated, and cranky in the
following rant. My apologies in advance!]
Hi Andrew,
But I get worried, though, that much teaching uses fragile techn
Well, on the bright side, at least Python is being taught in schools.
My younger sister is a CS major just starting her programming courses,
and it's Java/C++ all the way. I am becoming convinced that lines of
code are not only related to the number of bugs and development speed,
but learning spe
> > For some reason, the months that have 31 days work fine, but the
> > months that have 28/30 do not work.
>
> How do you know that?
>
> Show us why you think there's a problem in the program. We have our own
> opinions, of course, but it'll be very helpful if you try explaining how
> you're th
> I'm having some trouble with my if, else statements.
Ok, let's pause for a moment: it seems like you're having problems with
more fundamental problems than just simple if/else statements. In the
past questions you've written:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2005-October/041863.htm
2005/10/14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello
>
> I'm having some trouble with my if, else statements. For some reason, the
> months that have 31 days work fine, but the months that have 28/30 do not
> work. Am I doing something wrong? it is supposed to take a date as an
> input like 9
Hello
I'm having some trouble with my if, else statements. For some reason, the
months that have 31 days work fine, but the months that have 28/30 do not
work. Am I doing something wrong? it is supposed to take a date as an
input like 9/31/1991 and then say that the date is not valid because
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