On Feb 9, 2:51 pm, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I really don't like to read docs when learning a language, >> especially a "so-called" high level language. I prefer to learn >> the language by interactive sessions and object introspection. Then, >> when i have exhausted all abilities to intuit the solution, i will >> roll my eyes, maybe blubber an expletive, and then reluctantly crack >> open a user manual. > > What Rick means: "I want to claim that I've learned a new language, > but I want it to work exactly like the imaginary language in my mind, > and if it doesn't, I'm going to complain about it, rather than, > yaknow, actually learn a new language."
Yeah, this is, pardon the french, just batshit crazy. How does one _ever_ learn _anything_ new if they expect everything to conform with their pre-established intuitions? As can be seen by his posts, the outcome is one just _doesn't_ learn. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
