Re: [Tutor] if-else statements

2005-10-15 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Andrew P wrote: Well, on the bright side, at least Python is being taught in schools. [Warning: I get totally off-topic, opinionated, and cranky in the following rant. My apologies in advance!] Hi Andrew, But I get worried, though, that much teaching uses fragile

Re: [Tutor] if-else statements

2005-10-15 Thread Kent Johnson
Danny Yoo wrote: [Warning: I get totally off-topic, opinionated, and cranky in the following rant. My apologies in advance!] Hi Andrew, But I get worried, though, that much teaching uses fragile techniques that don't really scale well. I've disliked the order in which some Python

Re: [Tutor] if-else statements

2005-10-14 Thread Danny Yoo
I'm having some trouble with my if, else statements. Ok, let's pause for a moment: it seems like you're having problems with more fundamental problems than just simple if/else statements. In the past questions you've written:

Re: [Tutor] if-else statements

2005-10-14 Thread Danny Yoo
For some reason, the months that have 31 days work fine, but the months that have 28/30 do not work. How do you know that? Show us why you think there's a problem in the program. We have our own opinions, of course, but it'll be very helpful if you try explaining how you're thinking

Re: [Tutor] if-else statements

2005-10-14 Thread Andrew P
Well, on the bright side, at least Python is being taught in schools. My younger sister is a CS major just starting her programming courses, and it's Java/C++ all the way. I am becoming convinced that lines of code are not only related to the number of bugs and development speed, but learning