[Tutor] New blog that has solution for python programs

[meenu ravi]

Thank you all for your views. I was hesitating for the same reason. Now I'm
clear that I shouldn't go for a blog that gives straightforward solution
for the challenges.

Thanks,
Meena

On Jun 2, 2017 7:30 PM, "Steven D'Aprano" <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 05:00:37PM -0700, Danny Yoo wrote:
> > Legality is the lowest of bars.  We should aim higher.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that the listed sites should strongly prefer *not*  to
> have
> > solutions available like this.
> >
> > The more I think about this, the more I'm tending to say: don't do this.
> > It may feel like charity, but the authors of the problem sets will not
> look
> > at this kindly.
>
> I don't think "what the authors might want" is the only factor here.
> Personally, I think these programming challenge sites probably do more
> harm than good, discouraging people that they're not good enough to be a
> programmer because they can't solve the (often exceedingly tricky)
> problems on their own. I think they're often dick-measuring contests,
> for elite programmers to show off and sneer at "lesser mortals" who
> can't solve the problems.
>
> In the real world, nobody has to solve these sorts of problems under the
> constraints given. In real life programming, you get to look for
> existing solutions, you get to consult with your colleagues, pass ideas
> back and forth, etc. If you need a solution to X, and your colleague
> already solved it for another project, you say "Hey Fred, I'm stealing
> your code" and if Fred gets upset you talk to his project manager who
> tells Fred to cooperate.
>
> (Well, that's the way it is in companies that are not dysfunctional.)
>
> These problems are the very definition of Solved Problems. They have
> been solved thousands of times!
>
> They're fine for people who *enjoy* this sort of challenge, but I
> believe that for every one of them, there are probably a hundred or a
> thousand programmers who do not enjoy these challenges, who are
> discouraged by them, but who would learn a lot from being able to read
> and re-use the solutions.
>
> That's just my opinion. People may disagree.
>
>
>
> --
> Steve
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