Alex Martelli wrote: > > Robert Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bah. Nothing teaches you a new language like having your > job depend upon > > it. People who study languages merely for "personal growth" > learn 50% of > > the syntax and 1% of the concepts, and then fritter that > learning away > > on inconsequential newsgroups the world over. > > I disagree. I studied Python, even though it had nothing to > do with my > job, just with the idea of using it on hobby projects; yet I believe I > can reasonably claim to have learned more than 50% of the > syntax and 1% > of the concepts, even though you might claim that, whatever percentage > it may be, it's "frittered away on inconsequential newsgroups".
You are an exceptional person, Alex. ;) Robert Brewer MIS Amor Ministries [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
