[Tutor] defining functions.. why return?

[Scott Widney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Yoo [mailto:dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:52 AM
> To: Frank Holmes
> Cc: tutor@python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] defining functions.. why return?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Frank Holmes wrote:
> 
> >    I am working my way thru "SAMS teach yourself Python in 
> 24 hrs by Van 
> > Laningham (funny, it seems to be taking me a lot more than 
> 24 hrs...) and I 
> 
> Hmmm... You might actually find this page interesting: it's 
> Peter Norvig's
> essay about the books that claim to "Teach Yourself Foo in 24 Hours".
> 
>     http://norvig.com/21-days.html
> 
> Personally, I think it might take a bit longer than 24 hours to really
> feel comfortable with Python.  But don't feel rushed about the whole
> thing; there's no pop quizzes here or anything... *grin*

What I've noticed is that these books generally contain 24 chapters, each of
which can be consumed in an hour. It's the digestion time between chapters
that isn't specified....

=^)
Scott