Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-03-01 Thread Carl Banks
On Feb 27, 10:18 pm, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benoit wrote: > > I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months > > using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first > > programming language I've ever taken up. I find the language easy to > > l

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-29 Thread Asim
On Feb 28, 9:10 pm, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benoit wrote: > > Forgive my language concerning C++ as its turned the thread into > > something I did not intend. I merely wished to point out that Python > > was easier for me to learn than C++.  To Schwab, its likely that Mark > > Lutz

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Jeff Schwab
Benoit wrote: > Forgive my language concerning C++ as its turned the thread into > something I did not intend. I merely wished to point out that Python > was easier for me to learn than C++. To Schwab, its likely that Mark > Lutz is simply a better instructor than my professor. Sorry for hijackin

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Jeff Schwab
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:34:45 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: > >>> Hey a flame bait. I'll bite. >> Excuse me? Somebody posts about an introductory course on C++ covering >> "dynamic arrays using pointers" and literally says "kill me now," and >> I'm the flamer for a

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Paul Boddie
On 28 Feb, 21:08, Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forgive my language concerning C++ as its turned the thread into > something I did not intend. I merely wished to point out that Python > was easier for me to learn than C++. To Schwab, its likely that Mark > Lutz is simply a better instructor

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:34:45 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: >> Hey a flame bait. I'll bite. > > Excuse me? Somebody posts about an introductory course on C++ covering > "dynamic arrays using pointers" and literally says "kill me now," and > I'm the flamer for asking him not to hold the language re

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Benoit
Forgive my language concerning C++ as its turned the thread into something I did not intend. I merely wished to point out that Python was easier for me to learn than C++. To Schwab, its likely that Mark Lutz is simply a better instructor than my professor. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread castironpi
On Feb 28, 12:34 pm, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > > Hey a flame bait.  I'll bite. [ redirected to OP ] >>> OP.flamebait= 1.0. >>> bait.bite() Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in AttributeError: 'FlameBait' object has no attribute

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Jeff Schwab
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:18:27 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: > >> Benoit wrote: >>> I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months >>> using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first >>> programming language I've ever taken up.

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Alan Isaac
Benoit wrote: > Give > me something to do! Help to improve one of the experimental writers for docutils. IIRC, the ODT writer does not yet support figures and tables. http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/odtwriter.html The rst2wordml writer appears to be getting its features in place, but when I las

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread Erik Max Francis
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:18:27 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: >> Benoit wrote: >>> I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months >>> using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first >>> programming language I've ever taken up. I

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-28 Thread castironpi
On Feb 28, 1:10 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:18:27 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: > > Benoit wrote: > >> I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months > >> using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed.  Python is also the first > >> p

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-27 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:18:27 -0800, Jeff Schwab wrote: > Benoit wrote: >> I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months >> using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first >> programming language I've ever taken up. I find the language easy to >> learn and

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-27 Thread Jeff Schwab
Benoit wrote: > I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months > using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first > programming language I've ever taken up. I find the language easy to > learn and rather productive in relation to the introductory course on C

Re: Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-27 Thread Benoit
On Feb 27, 5:24 pm, Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months > using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first > programming language I've ever taken up. I find the language easy to > learn and rather productive in

Pythons & Ladders

2008-02-27 Thread Benoit
I've been teaching myself the python language over the past few months using Mark Lutz' Learning Python, 3ed. Python is also the first programming language I've ever taken up. I find the language easy to learn and rather productive in relation to the introductory course on C ++ I'd begun in Janua