Defending the Python lanuage...

Aahz Maruch aahz at panix.com
Tue Feb 12 16:16:39 EST 2002


[Laura, please make sure to include attributions for quotes (quoting the
.sig is not sufficient.]

In article <mailman.1013540788.23598.python-list at python.org>,
Laura Creighton  <lac at strakt.com> wrote:
>Aahz:
>>Laura:
>>>
>>>Have you read 'Engineering and The Minds Eye'?  I just finished it.
>>>Wonderful.  
>> 
>> How about _Things That Make Us Smart_?
>
>Do you mean Donald Norman's book?  I haven't.  I have read 'The Design
>of Everyday Things' though.

_Things That Make Us Smart_ is more important for programmers, IMO.  You
can see my comments in RISKS at
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/18.45.html#subj4
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