[Python-3000] educational aspects of Python 3000

Talin talin at acm.org
Tue Sep 12 19:35:39 CEST 2006


Toby Donaldson wrote:
>> How about calling it 'ask'?
>>
>>  >>> s = ask( "How are you today?" )
>> --> Fine
>>  >>> s
>> "Fine"
>>
>> And as far as the name of a library goes how about "quickstart"? Other
>> possibilities are: quickstudy, kickstart, simplestart, etc.
>>
>> "With the Python quickstart module, programming is as easy as
>> one...two...five!"
> 
> :-)
> 
> Actually, some educators (not me so much, but I see where they are
> coming from) have negative reactions to library names like "teach" or
> "edu" because they feel it sends a message to students that they are
> not learning "real" Python.
> 
> A positive sounding names like "quickstart" would avoid this problem.

That was exactly my thinking.

-- Talin


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