-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lloyd Hugh Allen
I would really like to actively read this sig, because next semester I'm going to be using Python as a vehicle for something like half of the first quarter of a semester-long Survey of Programming Languages course at the high school level, for students who have already taken a mandatory year-long course in Java (the choice of language for the year-long course was determined by the language on the AP Comp Sci course).
I would love it - believe it or not - if there was more traffic here that was responsive to your needs and expectations.
If I am cluttering your mailbox I am sorry, but that is one kind of sin. If doing so is inhibiting the kind of discussion you expect or prefer, that is another, more serious kind of sin. If I thought that were true I wouldn't be being as I am. And if you can show me how that is true, I will stop.
Art
As someone who has been reading messages on this Special Interest Group for a little less than a year, I only contributed to two threads where I felt I had something relevant to the purpose of this group. At times, I felt exasperated with some irrelevant discussions that were taking place, making it difficult to find the needle of interest among the haystack of prolixity.
To quote from the Python site:
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Edu-sig provides an informal venue for comparing notes and discussing future possibilities for Python in education. ...
Membership includes, but is not limited to, educators using Python in their courses, independent developers, and authors of educational materials. Discussion focuses on Python use at all levels, from beginning to advanced applications.
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While I have felt that some interesting points on other topics were sometimes raised, I felt that the noise/signal ratio has been rather high, where
noise = topics unrelated to Python use
signal = topics related to Python use.
I am convinced that more interesting and relevant discussions would take place if posters were to adhere more closely to the purpose of this SIG.
I apologize for submitting a Python unrelated-post.
Sincerely,
Andr� Roberge
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