Re: teaching python variables

2005-12-05 חוט Amit Aronovitch
guy keren wrote: >On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, RaeNye wrote: > > > >>Alas, the *concept* of reference is common to the human mind and human >>language! >> >> > >so your initial claim of being able to explain the examples without using >references, is false. > >so we now agree that we need to teach tw

Re: mutability

2005-12-05 חוט Noam Raphael
אני מצטער, אני לא באמת בקיא בקורס, אבל הערה קטנה: On 12/5/05, guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i will still insist on using the name variables, because i want my pupils > to be able to quickly switch to new programming languages in the future, > and not have a fixation about "how things we

Re: mutability

2005-12-05 חוט Amit Aronovitch
guy keren wrote: >On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Amit Aronovitch wrote: > > > >>Rereading my essay, I think I begin to understand where the "mutable - >>immutable" comments come from >>(You see - it was even useful to ME ;-) ) >> >> > >if you simply let the link i sent you sink in - you'll see part of

cooperating using subversion (and arch)

2005-12-05 חוט Amit Aronovitch
just a short announcement, for anyone who'se not uptodate: the site has moved to http://www.python.org.il/school OK Folks, to allow each one to contribute using his favorite tools, I propose the following scheme: * People who don't like to use a VCS can: (a) Send mail to Guy and/or this list,