Re: [Edu-sig] more on digital math...

2009-08-09 Thread Scott David Daniels
kirby urner wrote: Do we think of Tk as being stable on Windows and/or Linux? We do yes? This might be another argument for steering clear of over-priced Cadillac OS with too many bells and whistles. I know "blaming Apple" isn't popular, but if learning Python easily is really that important,

Re: [Edu-sig] more on digital math...

2009-08-09 Thread Gregor Lingl
kirby urner schrieb: --... Two Python specific feedbacks from that meeting: A. Another Title One of the teachers is using this book, which was assigned to him (he didn't choose it): Python Programming in Context by Miller and Ranum: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17157...@n00/3800868585/ http

Re: [Edu-sig] more on digital math...

2009-08-08 Thread kirby urner
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Scott David Daniels wrote: > kirby urner wrote: >> >> ... Another piece of feedback came from this PSU professor who really >> likes the language but found IDLE to be almost a show stopper on her >> Mac, as it'd crash and then not reboot because of some "socket error

Re: [Edu-sig] more on digital math...

2009-08-08 Thread Scott David Daniels
kirby urner wrote: ... Another piece of feedback came from this PSU professor who really likes the language but found IDLE to be almost a show stopper on her Mac, as it'd crash and then not reboot because of some "socket error". I mentioned killing zombie snakes in the task manager on Windows bu

[Edu-sig] more on digital math...

2009-08-08 Thread kirby urner
Here's a blog post about the meeting below. Our venue was Sherwood High School, some 15 miles or so south of the Portland city limits. http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2009/08/education-planning.html I don't mention Python much in the post, but that's a language many assumed we'd be using, although