Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Ned Deily
In article , Mensanator wrote: > > That's the disk image for the OS X Python 3.1.1 installer.   > > But it doesn't say whether that disk image is compatible with > Snow Leopard and I don't take such things for granted. That's a good point. There should be stated there somewhere about which o

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 17, 1:40 am, geremy condra wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Mensanator wrote: > > On Dec 16, 8:45 pm, Ned Deily wrote: > >> In article > >> <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e...@9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > > >> Mensanator wrote: > >> > Oh, and about Chapter 1. > > >> > If you

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 17, 10:12 am, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Ned Deily wrote: > > >> > or (for MacPorts fans): > > >> > $ sudo port install python31 > > >> And since I haven't got one, this also tells me nothing. > > >http://www.macports.org/ > > > "The MacPorts Project is an op

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 17, 4:33 am, Ned Deily wrote: > In article > <183af5d2-e157-4cd6-bec6-8997809e1...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > >  Mensanator wrote: > > Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'm thinking about > > buying one and seeing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 directories > > on the model in the store made me wary.

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Ned Deily wrote: > >> > or (for MacPorts fans): >> > >> > $ sudo port install python31 >> >> >> And since I haven't got one, this also tells me nothing. > > http://www.macports.org/ > > "The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design > an eas

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-17 Thread Ned Deily
In article <183af5d2-e157-4cd6-bec6-8997809e1...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Mensanator wrote: > Oh, I don't know, maybe because I'm thinking about > buying one and seeing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 directories > on the model in the store made me wary. That's odd since, AFAIK, Apple has never released

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread geremy condra
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Mensanator wrote: > On Dec 16, 8:45�pm, Ned Deily wrote: >> In article >> <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e...@9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, >> >> �Mensanator wrote: >> > Oh, and about Chapter 1. >> >> > If you're going to use version 3.1.1 as your standard, shou

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 16, 8:45�pm, Ned Deily wrote: > In article > <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e...@9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > > �Mensanator wrote: > > Oh, and about Chapter 1. > > > If you're going to use version 3.1.1 as your standard, shouldn't > > you also point out that 3.1.1 is NOT bundled with M

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Richard Heathfield
In , Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > * Mensanator: >> On Dec 16, 5:45 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: >>> Learn to read. >>> >>> At the top of every second page it tells you that this is an >>> introduction based on Windows. >> >> Still, no excuse for giving out mis-information. It's just as easy >>

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Mensanator: On Dec 16, 5:45 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: * Mensanator: On Dec 16, 4:41 pm, Mensanator wrote: On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: * Alf P. Steinbach: Format: PDF http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> The new stuff, section 2.7, is about program

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Ned Deily
In article <88bab2c0-d27c-4081-a703-26b353b9e...@9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, Mensanator wrote: > Oh, and about Chapter 1. > > If you're going to use version 3.1.1 as your standard, shouldn't > you also point out that 3.1.1 is NOT bundled with Mac OS X? > > How about devoting a section on down

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 16, 5:45 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > * Mensanator: > > > > > > > On Dec 16, 4:41 pm, Mensanator wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > > >>> * Alf P. Steinbach: >   Format: PDF >   http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> > The new stuff, secti

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Mensanator: On Dec 16, 4:41 pm, Mensanator wrote: On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: * Alf P. Steinbach: Format: PDF http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and handling data, focusing on modeling things

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 16, 4:41 pm, Mensanator wrote: > On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > > > > > > > * Alf P. Steinbach: > > > >   Format: PDF > > >   http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> > > > > The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and > > > handling data, focusin

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Mensanator
On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > * Alf P. Steinbach: > > > > > > >   Format: PDF > >   http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> > > > The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and > > handling data, focusing on modeling things. It includes some Python GUI > >

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-16 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Alf P. Steinbach: * Alf P. Steinbach: Format: PDF http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and handling data, focusing on modeling things. It includes some Python GUI programming. The plan is to discuss containers like li

Re: More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-13 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Alf P. Steinbach: Format: PDF http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and handling data, focusing on modeling things. It includes some Python GUI programming. The plan is to discuss containers like lists and dictionaries

More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

2009-12-09 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
Format: PDF http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and handling data, focusing on modeling things. It includes some Python GUI programming. The plan is to discuss containers like lists and dictionaries in perhaps two more