-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gregor Lingl wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >> To be fair, if someone asked me specifically about educating non- >> programmer adults about programming, I would probably at least >> *mention* py3, if not recommend it outright. The improved consistency >> is worth a lot in an educational setting. (But, if one is educating >> children and interested in soliciting their genuine enthusiasm, >> whiz-bang graphics are really a must-have, not a negotiable extra.) > As a non native English speaker I'm not sure if I understand correctly, > what you mean with whiz-bang graphics. Nevertheless I'd like to point > you to the new turtle graphics module (which is part of the standard > librarys since 2.6). At least it was designed especially for use in the > educational domain. Moreover the source-distribution also contains a > bunch of some ten example scripts.
I'm pretty sure he that turtle graphics are not "whiz-bang" (in this century, at least). Begin able to do pygame-style OpenGL stuff would be "whiz bang"[1] in my book. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whizbang Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJOZPn+gerLs4ltQ4RAnE1AKCl+Z51tACSJLBmAOcp5q534Mx+2ACg1I28 re6gaV7AFEU0WS1yvUIiZS0= =4Pda -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com