On 09/06/2012 05:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On 07/09/12 01:33, Ray Jones wrote: > >> Our homework "monitor" complains if we use code that hasn't been >> discussed in session yet. > > The good old "teaching by enforced ignorance" method. > Actually I like what they're doing. First of all, this is a CS101 class - not a Python class.
I've done some (relatively - from my viewpoint) advanced programming by knowing what I wanted to accomplish and finding a (in the past) Bash tool to accomplish it. In fact, as I've been converting my Bash scripts to Python, I've been doing pretty much the same thing (which is why I subscribed to this list ;) ). But somewhere along the line I will be trying to do something that a specific tool won't accomplish: I'll have to use my brain! I've never known what I could and could not accomplish without another, stronger, tool, so I never really tried. Now I'm learning to apply my mind to problems that I KNOW can be accomplished with basic code and applying my mind to solving the problems. ;) Ray _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
