Following some bug hunting, I have written an update on the blog post
mentioned in my previous message. I think it shows very clearly how
the borg interpreters do indeed share a common state - and how
unexpected result can happen when working with communicating threads
(even those that were
Anna Ravenscroft wrote:
Still, I could essentially see Guido's point, because some conventional
school staff who otherwise like Python may face issues posting to a list
talking about the future of education (which may appear to threaten
their job), so perhaps ultimately a solution would be to
[
Pursuant to:
http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2007/07/sa-8144-day-one.html
]
I thought I'd do this one in a more premeditated style, outlining my
lesson plan for the day, then following up later with a brief report
on how I'd deviated from the script, how it all went. That won't be
right after
Late: I have been busy with Europthon
In a message of Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:35:17 EDT, Jay Bloodworth writes:
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 21:46 +0200, Laura Creighton wrote:
Do you have many students who are good at geometry and still rotten
at algebra? Also what do they say when you ask them 'what
Please stop arguing politics on the list NOW.
I don't want to start actually kicking people or posts off the list,
but I will if it doesn't stop. This is simply not the platform for it.
Find a different platform where this topic are welcome.
--Guido
On 7/18/07, Paul D. Fernhout [EMAIL
Long before we start talking about 'variables' and 'powers' and the
like -- which is all part of the 'notationally true' world, we need to
nail down the absolute truths about addition that the order in which
you add terms does not matter. Which we can then formulate as LAWS
about addition.
Hi,
Two years ago I was in a committee in my department where we
discussed what language and methodology should we use for teaching
our first course in programming for majors in computer science.
Python was the winner and in 2006/2007 I was the responsible for the
first edition of the
Note: I think it'll be confusing for newcomers to read the
following, and then encounter a strict no politics ban,
only recently instituted and not spelled out on any
python.org web page to date:
===
About Edu-sig
English (USA)
This list is the starting point for a community around
Guido-
I've been on this list continuously since about the second day
(2/3/2000) -- a little over seven years. I'll admit I was so turned off
by Kirby's comments after my initial posts (on bringing good ideas from
Squeak into Python, the technical topic I still like the most, and
continue to work
On 18-Jul-07, at 4:21 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I'm just speaking for the majority of list members who are tired of
your and Kirby's (and it the past Arthur's) rants. I really don't care
about arguments proving that the list charter is what you want it to
be. Most people want it to be
Apparently meta-sig is moderated.
I should say my reply will hopefully appear shortly on meta-sig.
mt
On 7/18/07, Michael Tobis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am mentioned in Paul Fernhout's posting. Per Guido's request to keep
such matters off-list, my reply is on meta-sig.
mt
Guido wrote:
Our plan has three components:
* Develop a new computing curriculum suitable for high school and college
students.
* Create better, easier to use tools for program development and analysis.
* Build a user community around all of the above, encouraging feedback
On 7/18/07, Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The list description is 7 years out of date, as *my* CP4E project
ended when I left CNRI. And *my* CP4E project was certainly not
intended to be political (in fact, the DARPA politics around funding
made me abandon it).
Perhaps my joining
On 7/18/07, Antoine van Gelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guido wrote:
Our plan has three components:
* Develop a new computing curriculum suitable for high school and
college students.
* Create better, easier to use tools for program development and
analysis.
* Build a
I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this question, but it certainly
fits into the edu-sig realm ;-)
I will be sponsoring a high school computer programming club again this year.
I get older computers donated to me quite often, most in the Pentium3 range.
Often they have a crippled
On 7/18/07, kirby urner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[
Pursuant to:
http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2007/07/sa-8144-day-one.html
]
I thought I'd do this one in a more premeditated style, outlining my
lesson plan for the day, then following up later with a brief report
on how I'd deviated from
On 7/18/07, kirby urner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/18/07, kirby urner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[
Pursuant to:
http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2007/07/sa-8144-day-one.html
]
I thought I'd do this one in a more premeditated style, outlining my
lesson plan for the day, then
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