On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > Doesn't sound like they do, as that's causing plenty of problems. In > today's world that level of knowledge isn't always necessary, especially if > your degree is not in CS. One of the (many) nice things about Python is one > doesn't need to know that stuff to Get Things Done.
You don't need to know how to use the brakes to drive to Wal-Mart, either. "Get Things Done" is not the one and only goal. It ignores productivity, correctness, ethics... It isn't a bad thing to learn things that are unnecessary to get the bare minimum accomplished. -- Devin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
