Re: "Strong typing vs. strong testing"

2010-10-12 Thread Dann Corbit
In article , b...@freeuk.com says... > > "RG" wrote in message > news:rnospamon-20651e.17410012102...@news.albasani.net... > > In article , > > "BartC" wrote: > > > >> "Thomas A. Russ" wrote in message > > >> > But radians are dimensionless. > >> > >> But they are still units > > > > No, the

Re: Feedback wanted on programming introduction (Python in Windows)

2009-10-30 Thread Dann Corbit
In article , r...@see.sig.invalid says... > > In , Dann > Corbit wrote: > > > > > > You can read PDF with the ghostscript stuff or the free Adobe stuff. > > Agreed. But why should you have to? As opposed to...? PDF and PS are no more or less propri

Re: Feedback wanted on programming introduction (Python in Windows)

2009-10-28 Thread Dann Corbit
In article , ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au says... > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:52:17 +0100, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > > > Unfortunately Google docs doesn't display the nice table of contents in > > each document, but here's the public view of ch 1 (complete) and ch 2 > > (about one third

Re: Feedback wanted on programming introduction (Python in Windows)

2009-10-28 Thread Dann Corbit
In article , al...@start.no says... > > [Cross-posted comp.programming and comp.lang.python] > > Hi. > > I may finally have found the perfect language for a practically oriented > introductory book on programming, namely Python. > > C++ was way too complex for the novice, JScript and C# suffe