On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:53:38 pm Siren Saren wrote: > Steven D'Aprano, > > Your response was profoundly helpful to me. [...]
Thank you for the kind words, and cheers! I wish you good fortunate and a lot of fun in your endeavour. > I thought something in the culture of programming was particularly > intolerant of the sort of errors I'd make, perhaps because of the > syntactic precision required to program well. Programmers, especially *mediocre* programmers, are often well known for their arrogance and rudeness. Sometimes this arrogance is justified; often it is not. Remember also that, sadly, the Internet encourages rudeness. You can easily fire off an instant response without thinking about the consequences; there is anonymity and the urge to show off; there is the urge to win the argument no matter what. I admit that sometimes I fall into this trap myself. If I've had a bad day at work, or have had to put up with one too many annoyance, sometimes I might be a bit short-tempered. I would like to hope only at those who deserve it, but I'm only human. But fortunately, the Python community is usually much, much friendlier than some other places. Perhaps that's because Python is a programming language designed to be usable by people of all levels, from beginners and children to programming geniuses. With a willingness to learn and a little bit of care, I am sure you will be fine. You might like to read this: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Take it with a grain of salt -- not every smart programmer or hacker is as anti-social as described, but nevertheless, the basic principles are sound. -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor