Tutorial creates confusion about slices
Duncan Booth
duncan.booth at invalid.invalid
Wed Apr 25 10:11:11 EDT 2007
Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> Wording to that effect makes it more clear that it is a crutch
>> that can be usefull now but that it should be discarded later.
>>
> Most people reading a tutorial are aware that they are being given the
> knowledge they need to put the subject matter to immediate use, and that
> there may well be refinements that are glossed over or covered in detail
> later or elsewhere.
The authors of 'The Science of Discworld' coined a term for this 'lies to
children' where an explanation to a student is technically wrong but is
pitched at the appropriate level for the student.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children
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