Re: [Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-02-10 Thread Henrique Bastos
Murat, It's a hack, but it's also possible to pre-process the source code. Check out PEP 263 . Luciano Ramalho publishedhis project Sucuri

Re: [Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-02-02 Thread kirby urner
I think Kython is a wonderful idea, and corresponding trainers in any Unicode language. Ideally there'd be a Kython -> Python translator, even at the source code level, that only swapped in the Python keywords, builtins, special names, Standard Library names. This looks like a "round trip" exerci

Re: [Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-02-01 Thread Murat Jumashev
Hi, Kirby, André Thank you so much for your advices, links and ideas! I admit that non-english programming approach has more cons than pros, but it will definitely help Kyrgyz young people to understand the basic coding consepts. At this time, for them code samples written in pure python may look

Re: [Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-01-30 Thread kirby urner
Hi Murat -- I presume you know that Python 3 source code may use any Unicode strings for names, including variables, functions, classes and so on. That leaves 33 keywords in English. >>> import keyword >>> keyword.kwlist You can write a script that simply catalogs synonyms for builtins. >>> ба

Re: [Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-01-30 Thread Andre Roberge
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Murat Jumashev wrote: > Hi, > My name is Murat, I am from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia). > First off let me apologize if I chose a wrong mailing list (please, kindly > point me a right mailing list to go). > > I am new to programming and I started from P

[Edu-sig] Python's keywords and functions convertor into native language for lowering entrance barrier

2013-01-29 Thread Murat Jumashev
Hi, My name is Murat, I am from Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia). First off let me apologize if I chose a wrong mailing list (please, kindly point me a right mailing list to go). I am new to programming and I started from Python because it's very smooth and readable lang. But it would not b