Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> Wrote in message: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> And I don't think >>> Larry was actually offended; it's just that some questions don't >>> really have easy answers - imagine someone asking a great >>> mathematician "But how do you KNOW that 2 + 2 is 4? Where's it written >>> down?"... all he can say is "It is". >> >> Yeah, I'm on a lot of lists and lately I've seen a lot of 'I'm not a >> programmer, but I want to write code and I need someone to tell me >> how." Gets to you after a while. > > Too true. Those same people are unlikely to go to a gathering of civil > engineers and say "I'm no expert, but I want to build a bridge and I > need someone to tell me how", yet somehow it's expected to be possible > with software. > > ChrisA >
Or I'm no expert but I need someone to show me how; build me one here in my front yard. -- DaveA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
