[Edu-sig] interactive vs compiled from file

Michael Tobis mtobis at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 23:41:40 CEST 2007


Thanks, Dethe, that's very nice, and also thanks for your signature,
which is thought provoking indeed.

Does anyone agree with me about the didactic value of this change?

mt

On 8/3/07, Dethe Elza <delza at livingcode.org> wrote:
> On 3-Aug-07, at 11:17 AM, Michael Tobis wrote:
>
> > 2) Would it be difficult to provide an alternative interpreter that
> > produced nothing unless you asked it to print? Would this be a good
> > idea?
>
>  >>> 'abc'
> 'abc'
>  >>> import sys
>  >>> def f(value): pass
> ...
>  >>> sys.displayhook = f
>  >>> 'abc'
>  >>>
>
> So if you add a do-nothing displayhook in your site.py, or as part of
> a standard local import, you won't have the echo behaviour.
>
> HTH
>
> --Dethe
>
> "It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to
> program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in
> organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be
> self-critical?" --Alan Perlis
>
>
>


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