----- Original Message ----- From: Kirby Urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:18 pm Subject: RE: [Edu-sig] quantum instance > I want to be able to express user intuitions about what's a method and > what's an attribute drawing from a knowledge domain. I don't want to > instruct a user in how Python must necessarily force a different view.
Working with, rather than against, others' misaligned intuitions is the anti-thesis of the scientific spirit. You don't propose that there is no meaningful distinction between methods and attributes. You might be able to con me into believeing *that*, at least. ;) Instead you acknowledge the distinction but are consciously using the power to shuffle appearances to appease and re-enforce intuitions that happen to be wrong. I have to suppose that a intepretation of computer science that seems to support that approach is a misreading of the science. I am a great believer in the proposition that in the end, Reality wins. Put properties away in your use case, and you have no choice but to transcend the users' misaligned intuitions, and align with reality. I don't for a moment believe that can be harmful to your scientists/users. All of which is besides the point. Please stop implying that you have some insight that Python is encouraging you toward this approach. It's slander - as far as I am concerned. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
