[Tutor] A couple newbie questions about Python

[Alex Kleider]

On 2014-06-11 20:08, Dave Angel wrote:


> I learned programming in 1967 with Fortran,  and McCracken spent a
>  chapter warning about that same thing. Probably everything he
>  warned about still applies to Python and modern computers.

A google search for "McCracken" did not yield anyone that seems to fit 
the person you reference.
Can you clarify, please?