On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM, David MacQuigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Very nice!! I like the clear concise explanation of fractals. I'll add > this link to whatever I put together. > > I like the way you construct the color palette, simple but effective. I'll > have to play around with some more high-resolution images to see if I still > get such nice colors. I see you have a link on creating palettes, but it is > dead. Thank you sir. Link updated. > I'll modify my function to look more like yours, going for more clarity with > only a small sacrifice in efficiency. I can't use the nice OOP style, > however, because these students have studied only functions. OOP is an > "advanced topic" covered in a later course for computer engineers, and not at > all for electrical and other engineering majors. :( Yes, I understand your frustrations. I try to pitch to other faculty that "ontogeny *need not* recapitulate phylogeny" with the example of cell phones: you *don't* need to have used a land line first. Start early with objects. Some recent curriculum writing for a futuristic pre-college (still on the drawing board), explaining OO to math faculty: http://www.4dsolutions.net/presentations/tecc_oop.pdf http://www.4dsolutions.net/presentations/tecc_op_overloading.pdf Kirby from Portland Python Users Group (PPUG) CubeSpace, PDX _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
