Eric Brunson wrote: > It seems like new programmers today expect to be spoonfed their > information like they were in grammar school. They don't know what it > is to hack a Makefile to get a package to compile or break out an RFC to > understand a protocol. If you don't understand something and the > documentation is lacking, then strap on a pair and read the source, > write some test cases, dig a little. In our environment most of the > code you'd have to read is just more Python, anyway. > > Just me being a grouchy old programmer. In my day we had to program in > 4 feet of snow, uphill... both ways!
heh. Well give me some credit. I taught myself to program, from scratch, without access to (or time for) any courses whatsoever, while doing a PhD in genetics. I've been using it for about 5 years now and I know the core language and certain standard modules pretty well. I doubt I would have got as far as I have if Python wasn't so newbie-friendly. My only complaint is that I'm starting to feel like I won't get much further than that without a computer science degree. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
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