More stuff added to ch 2 of my programming intro

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On Dec 14, 1:23 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al... at start.no> wrote:
> * Alf P. Steinbach:
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> >   Format: PDF
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> > The new stuff, section 2.7, is about programs as simulations and
> > handling data, focusing on modeling things. It includes some Python GUI
> > programming. The plan is to discuss containers like lists and
> > dictionaries in perhaps two more subsections of 2.7, but I'm not quite
> > sure about how to approach that or exactly how much to cover, since the
> > intent of ch 2 is to introduce mostly general concepts and enable the
> > reader to try out (more or less) interesting things.
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> > Cheers,
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> > - Alf
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> > PS: comments welcome!
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> Well, I posted the current doc. It has a not yet quite complete section 2.7.7
> about arrays, and that will be the last subsection of the chapter.  I thought
> using the Josephus circle problem as example was pretty neat... :-)
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> But anyway, comments welcome, even if that last section's not yet finished.
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> Cheers,
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> - Alf
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> PS: Oh, I changed the manuscript title to "Intelligent Person's Intro to
> Programming"  --  is that good?

Sure. After all, "Idiot's Guide to Programming" and "Programming for
Dummies" are probably already taken, albeit more appropriate.