On 2007-04-26, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Antoon Pardon wrote: >> On 2007-04-25, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >>>> >>> Most people reading a tutorial are aware that they are being given the >>> knowledge they need to put the subject matter to immediate use, and that >>> there may well be refinements that are glossed over or covered in detail >>> later or elsewhere. >> >> I agree with that. >> >> However there is a difference between information that will help you >> on the way now that will be refined later and information that will >> help you on the way now and will be contradicted later. >> >> I also understand that the line between the two is rather fuzzy. >> >> In my opinion the text in the tutorial as it stands now, is more >> of the latter than of the former type and that is why I would >> prefer a change. >> > I had already deduced that from your arguments so far in this thread. Do > you *have* to make every trivial conclusion explicit?
Well my problem was I had the feeling your remark totally ignored that. I honestly don't understand what you thought your remark would contribute if you had deduced the above. It is very possible that this is a failing of mine in recognizing when people have understood the point I am trying to make. > Warning: this is an explicit test to see whether you can sit on your > hands and refrain from replying. It's hard to find a thread where you > don't make the last comment on every branch you get involved in. Well I guess I failed. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
