Anyway, Chuck's post doesn't question any of the competencies of computer science. Is it safe to name-call silly, or have -I- by disdesign misinterpreted?
On May 12, 6:41 pm, "Chuckk Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm another one pretty early in his programming education, but here's my take. > Python was specifically recommended to me by a few people for a > specific program I wanted to write (userspace, GUI, music). While I > gradually learn more about it, I start to spend a lot of time on > certain aspects I don't really need for this task. I think curiosity > is one of the vital qualities for a programmer, and through mine, over > a few years, I've built up more and more understanding of what's going > on in my box, more than I set out to have, but I can't see how any of > this can be called wasted time if it rounds out my general > understanding. > On the other hand, as Python is about the second "serious" language > I've tried to learn (the others being web- or music- oriented, and I > didn't approach them as programming), I don't have much to compare it > to. I was under the impression before reading your message that > Python was very popular and useful. This list is far more active than > all the others to which I'm subscribed put together! So, either it > doesn't seem like a silly endeavor to learn it for its own sake, or > they're using it for something. > > If it is a silly endeavor, I'm going to have to ask you to stop this > thread, it's too silly. > > -Chuckk > > > > > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just something that crosses my mind every time I delve into "Learning > > Python" each night. Does anyone see any value in learning Python when you > > don't need to for school, work, or any other reason? I mean, sure, there's > > value in learning anything at any time, but for something like a > > programming > > language, I can't help but feel that I will be mostly unable to use what I > > learn simply because I have no reason to use it. > > > 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? > > > Hopefully this question even makes sense! > > > -- > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > --http://www.badmuthahubbard.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
