On Mar 22, 11:29�pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:11:51 -0700, sturlamolden wrote: > > On 22 Mar, 23:42, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Beginning programmers in grades 9-12 are not going to understand issues > >> like that, and it would be a mistake to try and introduce them. > >> Beginning programmers should be concentrating their efforts on learning > >> the syntax of a language and basic constructs like for-loops and if > >> statements. > > > Yes. And because Python is a "scripting language" > > Python is a programming language. It can be used for scripting, but > that's not all it can do. Describing it as a "scripting language" is like > describing a fully-equipped professional kitchen as "a left-over warming > room".
Sure, but then again, some are chefs, others merely cooks and yet others just warm leftovers. > > -- > Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
