<font color="#000000">Just to throw in my 2c -- in the same way that 'a picture is worth a thousand words', an interactive interpreter is worth volumes of documentation (especially one with such a nice help()/__doc__ functionality). It's worth pointing out that 'interpreter' appears in the original rant once (according to ctrl-F, whole thing was tl;dr):</font><div>
<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Palatino,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Want to know how the Python interpreter deals with input Y? Read the source. And so on, and so on.</span></div>
<br>Not: "Open up an interpreter and input Y"<div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">You aren't sure what errors are thrown by a particular function? Fire up an interpreter and feed the function junk. You'll get your answer faster than you can Google, and often learn neat stuff along the way. (I recall one of RR's posts that actually had some good tips to learn-via-interpreter).<br>
</font><div><br></div><div>Also, I'll bet the way I learned Python effectively would seem like nails-on-a-chalkboard to others -- and vice versa. The 'one-size-fits-all' doesn't work for documentation. Complete and concise often battle, with no clear winner.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And his representation of the Python community does not appear to be representative of my experience (threads begun via trolling rants notwithstanding). But he's ranting on his blog; not a big deal really.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Jason</div></div></div>