On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > [Personal note: When I was a kid I thought that doctors removed fever by > sticking > a thermometer into one’s mouth. > Those who teach that programming needs to start with writing print statements > are the same except for not having the excuse of being kids]
I agree. People should learn that print is not a statement any more, it's a function. And then use it. Use it often, use it early. Know what your program is doing. Practicality beats pure functional programming? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
