From: Chuck Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I just finished the latter last week and will talk about it at an > upcoming academic conference. I made it very applied, and they > complained a little about it being mathy, but hey - it was good for > them! Now they will be responsible the next time they use > floating-point!
Part of my hysteria here - for those who have been long-timers to the list and therefore to my hysterias - has been in sensing some effort on the part of the Python community as positioning Python as the tool to take the rigor out of a programming curricula. And wanting no part of it. IMO: a) it doesn't b) it shouldn't But certainly it *can* redirect a rigorous approach into more productive channels than other alternatives: IMO: a) it can b) it should Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
