[Edu-sig] Fwd: spinning 'self'

2007-08-14 Thread kirby urner
> I'm putting a lot of emphasis on 'self' in first person terms, including other > Unicode symbols, because I'm trying to recruit new users, whatever their > pre-existing philosophies (I make few presumptions), into checking out and > using our OO mirror. > > Kirby > To put it another way, more su

[Edu-sig] Open Minds Conference

2007-08-14 Thread Nicholas Wheeler
This isn't very python related, but it is open source software in education relatedI'm guessing some of you on this list would love to speak as a presenter at this conference on the work you do using open source tools in education. http://openmindsconference.org -- Nicholas Wheeler Syste

Re: [Edu-sig] spinning 'self'

2007-08-14 Thread kirby urner
[ after two consecutive trips to Winterhaven as younger daughter, like older sis, is studying theater but forgot her script... -- KU ] > > Yes, I agree. What's special about 'self' is simply what you mentioned > > above: it gets passed "silently" and you need take special care to have > > a var

Re: [Edu-sig] spinning 'self'

2007-08-14 Thread John Zelle
On Monday 13 August 2007 11:30 pm, kirby urner wrote: > On 8/13/07, John Zelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would quibble about self not doing any work (you need it to access its > > attributes), but I understand the point you are making. Again, though > > this makes things seem a bit more myst