James wrote: > On the calculator page you describe the difference between 3.0 / 2 and > 3 / 2, but an absolute beginner probably wouldn't know about the > difference between integers and floats, or even what the two terms > meant. If you don't know much about computers then the fact that they > are separate types would probably be surprising... > This point is not easy to aproach. The fact is that it is necessary that the beginner knows that there is a differerence between 3 / 2 and 3.0 / 2.
I don't want him to now about types, at least not at that stage. I used the term "integer" for the lack of a better one and I didn't mention "float". Any suggestions? Regards, Clodoaldo. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
