On Monday, October 6, 2014 6:34:27 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote: > On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > Sorry Seymore if this sounds condescending -- its not a complaint > > against you but against those who treat the print statement/expression as > > kosher for newbies.
> So if you're not griping about Seymore's original post, are you > griping about my response? It was the one you quoted. It so happened you were the person to note that here was a question(er) needing instruction about using the interpreter. Nothing wrong with the answer (or the question). Something wrong with the point at which it emerges. > And what's with the comparison between use of the print statement > and driving on the wrong side of the road? Consider the sequence: 1. Drives on the wrong side of the road 2. Has no clue that there's such a concept as 'wrong side of road' 3. Teaches people to drive without conveying anything about 'wrong side of road' Hopefully you will agree that 1 < 2 < 3?? My gripe is with 3 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list