On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:35:03 am bob gailer wrote: > Continue to avoid writing functions. They are not necessary for such > a simple program.
That is *terrible* advice. Absolutely awful. Functions should not be avoided unless necessary. Functions should be used unless there is a compelling reason to avoid them. This is not 1972 any more, and we're not teaching kids to write spaghetti code with BASIC and GOTO. Functions, or their object-oriented equivalent methods, are *the* single most important feature of programming. And they're simple too -- they might not be the first thing you teach an absolute newbie who has never programmed before, but they're pretty close. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
