Jeff notoriously hates string interpolation, although he did implement it. On Monday, June 1, 2015, Scott Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> To Jeff's dismay? I'd thought this came from him... was it one of your > contributions to Julia? > It dismayed me at first, to see how much my son liked it ;-) > > On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 4:59:09 PM UTC+2, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >> >> There's something psychologically powerful about string interpolation, >> much to Jeff's dismay. >> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Scott Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It's funny, I didn't care too much about string interpolation at first >>> (as you know!), but after I saw how Alex took to it, I've reconsidered... >>> he thought it was the coolest thing. >>> >>> On Monday, June 1, 2015 at 4:07:33 PM UTC+2, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >>>> >>>> This is really cool to hear about! >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Keith Campbell <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Scott, >>>>> Just bumped across an old IJulia Notebook my 9-year old and I did >>>>> last year. He was getting '24' problems (use +,-,*,/ with 4 numbers to >>>>> make 24) and got one he swore couldn't be solved. We put together a >>>>> little brute-force solver to test that out -- he was right. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I spruced it up a little and presented to his class, >>>>> where they had a good time playing with it. You can see the notebook at: >>>>> https://github.com/catawbasam/catawbasam_sandbox/blob/master/Julia_24.ipynb >>>>> >>>>> We actually started off with Python, but switched to Julia, largely >>>>> because Julia's syntax is a little closer to the math notation the kids >>>>> are >>>>> used to seeing. >>>>> regards, >>>>> Keith >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>
