Re: Language fluency (was Re: BASIC vs Python)

2004-12-20 Thread Alan Gauld
On 19 Dec 2004 16:22:03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: > >I'm curious about that last statement. Are you saying that if you > >write, full time, code for "production", that fluency will decrease? Or > >that the nifty recent features of Python (generators, etc.) are not > >useful in "produc

Re: Language fluency (was Re: BASIC vs Python)

2004-12-20 Thread Andrew Dalke
Keith Dart wrote: > Are you saying that if you write, > full time, code for "production", that fluency will decrease? To add to Aahz's response, there are some corners of Python I learned once and decided shouldn't be in production code because it would be too hard to maintain. 'reduce' is one o

Re: Language fluency (was Re: BASIC vs Python)

2004-12-19 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Keith Dart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Aahz wrote: >> >> In fact, in some ways my fluency has degenerated now that I'm >> focusing on writing code for production. > >I'm curious about that last statement. Are you saying that if you >write, full time, code for "produ

Re: Language fluency (was Re: BASIC vs Python)

2004-12-19 Thread Keith Dart
Hello, Aahz, Aahz wrote: myself to have "complete and utter" fluency. In fact, in some ways my fluency has degenerated now that I'm focusing on writing code for production. I'm curious about that last statement. Are you saying that if you write, full time, code for "production", that fluency will