On Oct 24, 8:01 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:53:19 +0000, Peter Pearson wrote: > > On 24 Oct 2008 13:17:45 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > >> What are programmers coming to these days? When I was their age, we > >> were expected to *read* the error messages our compilers gave us, not > >> turn to the Interwebs for help as soon there was the tiniest problem. > > > Yes, and what's more, the text of the error message was "IEH208". After > > reading it several times, one looked it up in a big fat set of books, > > where one found the explanation: > > > IEH208: Your program contains an error. Correct the error and resubmit > > your job. > > > An excellent system for purging the world of the weak and timid. > > You had reference books? You were lucky! When I was lad, we couldn't > afford reference books. If we wanted to know what an error code meant, we > had to rummage through the bins outside of compiler vendors' offices > looking for discarded documentation. > > -- > Steven
I don't have a reference book. I read from e-buks and some print outs of Reference Card. Again, I had this error becoz my console has no colour highlighting feature. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
