On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, flebber wrote: > My two cents, I am understanding python far better by learning scheme. > Didn't intentionally set out to achieve that as a goal just a by > product. An excelent resource http://htdp.org and using the racket > scheme ide(as much of an ide as idle), simple thorough well explained > concepts via worked examples and a very encouraging and enthusiastic > mail group, much like this list. > > I would so love a book like that for python but after i complete htdp > I may not need it.
Agreed. I freezed my Racket usage while it was called DrScheme but I keep my eye on it ever since. It is really nice and well designed environment. It took me by a storm, which I cannot say about Idle ;-) . I also agree that every Python programmer could gain something valuable by at least trying it, as well as reading their docs and mailing list for a while. Or every programmer regardless of his/her current language. HTDP is interesting book, pity I couldn't read it when it might have made a bigger difference to my development. Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com ** -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
