On May 12, 12:27 pm, "John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The *process* of learning is enough fun for me, and every now and then I do > find a small use for Python that really pays off, but for the most part I'm > wondering what people's thoughts are as far as simply learning it for the > sake of learning. Does it seem like a silly endeavor to most people? Did > anyone here learn a programming language when you didn't need to? If so, how > much and in what capacity did you use it after you learned it? > I am of the belief that there is no such thing as "useless learning", or "bad learning"*. I have found that the more I learn about anything, the better I am at everything. I think this is because more knowledge/ understanding does: 1. gives me more 'entry points' for new knowledge, I can relate more bits to something I know, making the whole learning process easier. 2. allows me to better relate to people who I need to communicate with, becuase it is more likely there is a common point of knowledge/ interest to build from 3. gives me personal satisfaction in my life (self-actualization). When I learned python, I was a bartender, and was just learning it for fun. Only later did I become a computer programmer. I was lucky enough to find a job where I get to do a lot of my work in python. * There are times when learning new info set A is more productive than new info set B, depending on other constraints of time, energy, money, etc, B could be classified as "unwise learning" Regards, Erich -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
