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<P><STRONG>Eric Brunson</STRONG> wrote:</P>
<P>> It seems like new programmers today expect to be spoonfed their <BR>> information like they were in grammar school. They don't know what it <BR>> is to hack a Makefile to get a package to compile or break out an RFC to <BR>> understand a protocol. If you don't understand something and the <BR>> documentation is lacking, then strap on a pair and read the source, <BR>> write some test cases, dig a little. In our environment most of the <BR>> code you'd have to read is just more Python, anyway.<BR>> <BR>> Just me being a grouchy old programmer. In my day we had to program in <BR>> 4 feet of snow, uphill... both ways!<BR></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></BODY><br/>
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