In a message of Sat, 26 May 2007 03:46:25 CDT, Jeff Rush writes: <snip>
>I call that group "new programmers" - somehow calling them normal or average >folk seems mildly insulting to someone, and calling them "non-programmers" >isn't accurate if our goal is to teach them programming, albeit non-vocational >style. "Non-professional programmers"? "Typical" people? "Making People" >Programming-Literate"? > >-Jeff I think the word you are looking for is "amateur". Unfortunately it has bad connotations for some people. So I think rather than focusing on the _people_ and labelling _them_ we should focus on the code and label _that_. Amateur programs? Do-It-Yourself programs? Home automation? Practical Programming? Laura _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
