kirby urner wrote: >On 9/23/06, Michel Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>he only syntax required other than Algebra is "def" and "return". >> >> > >Here I'd part company a bit and point out that "algebra" is not so >nailed down as a namespace that we can't consider "def" and "return" >excluded. > > We might all take the opportunity to pontificate with respect to our own particular visions, down to every detail.
Mine is one where the significance of the relationship of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is taught and understood in PI squared different ways, including - importantly - as history. The calculation to x digits being the least important or interesting - something a mere machine can accomplish with a little help. But such a discussion is perhaps not exactly to the point right here and now. no further reading required. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig