Re: [meta] RE: On Beginners' Mindsets, Part II

2001-05-30 Thread Peter Scott
At 02:29 PM 5/30/01 -0400, Jeff Pinyan wrote: > >I've given my share of one-liner answers, but based on this particular > >thread, I personally am going to endeavor to inform others, as much as I > >am able, rather than just "answer questions". > >I am all for enlightening and sharing knowledge.

[meta] RE: On Beginners' Mindsets, Part II

2001-05-30 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 30, Wilson, Tom said: >My two cents sometimes getting the answer is more important that >learning it right away. There are many times in the various languages that >I've worked with that I've gotten the answer and later on remembered the >solution and incorporated it into something ne

[meta] RE: On Beginners' Mindsets, Part II

2001-05-30 Thread Jeff Pinyan
On May 30, Scott Thompson said: >While I couldn't agree more with both statements, I think it is the >unfortunate reality that, with the recent (last 2 years... ) boom and >subsequent bust of the Internet economy at large, there is a growing >majority of beginning programmers who will fall into t